title: Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the palate: case report and review of literature.
abstract: Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma (ACC) is a rare tumor constitutes for less than 1% of head and neck malignancies and 10% of all salivary gland tumors. Palate is the most common site to be involved in the oral cavity followed by parotid gland and submandibular gland. They are usually asymptomatic, slow growing, characteristically shows infiltrative growth and perineural invasion. This paper reports a case of Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma in a 35 year old female man reported with a swelling on the left side of palate involving the hard and soft palate since 8 months which was diagnosed histopathologically and review of literature of the peculiar clinical, and histopathological features.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, MNR Dental College and Hospital, Sangareddy, Telangana, India.
authors.forename: Uday Shankar
authors.initials: US
authors.lastname: Yaga
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, MNR Dental College and Hospital, Sangareddy, Telangana, India.
authors.forename: Nishanth
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gollamudi
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, MNR Dental College and Hospital, Sangareddy, Telangana, India.
authors.forename: Ashwini Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Mengji
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, MNR Dental College and Hospital, Sangareddy, Telangana, India.
authors.forename: Radhika
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Besta
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, MNR Dental College and Hospital, Sangareddy, Telangana, India.
authors.forename: Prashanth
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Panta
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, MNR Dental College and Hospital, Sangareddy, Telangana, India.
authors.forename: Bhanu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Prakash
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, MNR Dental College and Hospital, Sangareddy, Telangana, India.
authors.forename: Edunuri
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rajashekar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology
keywords: Cribriform variant; palate; perineural invasion; salivary gland