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Lacrimal Gland Acinic Cell Carcinoma

MedGen UID:
1784945
•Concept ID:
C5446410
•
Neoplastic Process

Definition

An extremely rare, low-grade, salivary gland-type carcinoma that arises from the lacrimal gland. It exhibits acinar differentiation. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVLacrimal Gland Acinic Cell Carcinoma

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

C-kit expression distinguishes salivary gland adenoid cystic carcinoma from polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma.
Penner CR, Folpe AL, Budnick SD
Mod Pathol 2002 Jul;15(7):687-91. doi: 10.1097/01.MP.0000018973.17736.F8. PMID: 12118104

Diagnosis

C-kit expression distinguishes salivary gland adenoid cystic carcinoma from polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma.
Penner CR, Folpe AL, Budnick SD
Mod Pathol 2002 Jul;15(7):687-91. doi: 10.1097/01.MP.0000018973.17736.F8. PMID: 12118104
Acinic cell carcinoma of the lacrimal gland.
Rosenbaum PS, Mahadevia PS, Goodman LA, Kress Y
Arch Ophthalmol 1995 Jun;113(6):781-5. doi: 10.1001/archopht.1995.01100060107044. PMID: 7540387
Clear cell epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma arising in pleomorphic adenoma of the lacrimal gland.
Ostrowski ML, Font RL, Halpern J, Nicolitz E, Barnes R
Ophthalmology 1994 May;101(5):925-30. doi: 10.1016/s0161-6420(94)31236-x. PMID: 8190482
Acinic cell carcinoma arising in a lacrimal gland. First case report.
De Rosa G, Zeppa P, Tranfa F, Bonavolontà G
Cancer 1986 May 15;57(10):1988-91. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19860515)57:10<1988::aid-cncr2820571018>3.0.co;2-n. PMID: 3955504

Therapy

Acinic cell carcinoma of the lacrimal gland.
Rosenbaum PS, Mahadevia PS, Goodman LA, Kress Y
Arch Ophthalmol 1995 Jun;113(6):781-5. doi: 10.1001/archopht.1995.01100060107044. PMID: 7540387

Clinical prediction guides

Hybrid carcinomas of the salivary glands: report of nine cases with a clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical, and p53 gene alteration analysis.
Nagao T, Sugano I, Ishida Y, Asoh A, Munakata S, Yamazaki K, Konno A, Iwaya K, Shimizu T, Serizawa H, Ebihara Y
Mod Pathol 2002 Jul;15(7):724-33. doi: 10.1097/01.MP.0000018977.18942.FD. PMID: 12118110
Acinic cell carcinoma of the lacrimal gland.
Rosenbaum PS, Mahadevia PS, Goodman LA, Kress Y
Arch Ophthalmol 1995 Jun;113(6):781-5. doi: 10.1001/archopht.1995.01100060107044. PMID: 7540387
Acinic cell carcinoma arising in a lacrimal gland. First case report.
De Rosa G, Zeppa P, Tranfa F, Bonavolontà G
Cancer 1986 May 15;57(10):1988-91. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19860515)57:10<1988::aid-cncr2820571018>3.0.co;2-n. PMID: 3955504

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