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Adenoid cystic carcinoma associated with salivary duct cyst in the sublingual gland
Author(s) -
Ogawa Yuzo,
Kishino Mitsunobu,
Nakazawa Mitsuhiro,
Iwai Soichi,
Ohta Yoshiyuki,
Ishida Takeshi,
Yura Yoshiaki,
Ijuhin Naokuni
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of oral pathology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.887
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1600-0714
pISSN - 0904-2512
DOI - 10.1111/j.0904-2512.2004.00161.x
Subject(s) - adenoid cystic carcinoma , salivary gland , cyst , sublingual gland , medicine , duct (anatomy) , salivary duct carcinoma , pathology , carcinoma , anatomy
We described an extremely rare case of adenoid cystic carcinoma associated with salivary duct cyst in the sublingual gland of a 40‐year‐old Japanese woman. The tumor was growing from the cyst wall and almost occluded the cyst lumen. The epithelium lining the cyst lumen contained both keratin 19‐positive cells and α‐smooth muscle actin‐positive cells, indicating the cyst being derived from the acinus/intercalated duct of the sublingual gland. Therefore, our case has presented for the first time a direct evidence that adenoid cystic carcinoma arises from acinus/intercalated duct.