1Professor, Department of Oral Medicine & Maxillofacial Radiology, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
2Senior Lecturer, Hitech Dental College & Hospital, Bhubaneswar
3Tutor, Post-graduate, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
4Department of Oral Medicine & Maxillofacial Radiology, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
*Corresponding Author: Dr. Satya Ranjan Misra, Professor, Department of Oral Medicine & Maxillofacial Radiology, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha ‘O ’Anusandhan (deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar 751003, India. Email: drsatyaranjanmds@gmail.com
Online published on 2 February, 2019.
Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is an uncommon epithelial malignancy of the salivary glands that exhibit indolent growth and loco-regional invasion with recurrences observed after many years from the initial diagnosis. All salivary glands are affected, but the common site is the hard palate which is detected late with metastasis into the maxillary antrum or peri-neural invasion. Histologically it is classified into 3 types cribriform, tubular and solid; the solid type generally has a poor prognosis as compared to the other two varieties of adenoid cystic carcinoma. The treatment of choice is surgical excision with wide surgical margins followed by radiotherapy.
Indolent lesion, peri-neural invasion, salivary gland malignancy
