title: Rehabilitation of an advanced case of adenoid cystic carcinoma.
abstract: Adenoid cystic carcinoma is a cancer of the salivary gland that primarily affects the parotid, submandibular, and accessory salivary glands. Its growth is slow and it has infiltrative nature. A 46-year-old female patient coming from the rural area presented a lesion on the palate and reported pain in the region for three years. After incisional biopsy, and histopathological diagnosis of adenoid cystic carcinoma of the cribriform type of minor salivary gland, superior hemimaxillectomy and adjuvant treatment with radiotherapy and maxillofacial prosthetic rehabilitation were performed.
authors.affiliation: University of Cuiabá, Avenida Manoel José de Arruda 3.100, 78065-900 Cuiabá, MT, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luiz Evaristo Ricci
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Volpato
authors.affiliation: University of Cuiabá, Avenida Manoel José de Arruda 3.100, 78065-900 Cuiabá, MT, Brazil.
authors.forename: Lorena Frange
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Caldas
authors.affiliation: Mato Grosso Cancer Hospital, Avenida Historiador Rubens de Mendonça, 78.055-500 Cuiabá, MT, Brazil.
authors.forename: Paulo Henrique de Souza
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.affiliation: University of Cuiabá, Avenida Manoel José de Arruda 3.100, 78065-900 Cuiabá, MT, Brazil.
authors.forename: Artur Aburad
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: de Carvalhosa
authors.affiliation: Mato Grosso Cancer Hospital, Avenida Historiador Rubens de Mendonça, 78.055-500 Cuiabá, MT, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Carmen Palma Faria
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Volpato
authors.affiliation: University of Cuiabá, Avenida Manoel José de Arruda 3.100, 78065-900 Cuiabá, MT, Brazil.
authors.forename: Matheus Coelho
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Bandéca
authors.affiliation: University of Cuiabá, Avenida Manoel José de Arruda 3.100, 78065-900 Cuiabá, MT, Brazil.
authors.forename: Álvaro Henrique
authors.initials: ÁH
authors.lastname: Borges