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Tongue Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma

MedGen UID:
1756164
•Concept ID:
C0861625
•
Neoplastic Process

Definition

An adenoid cystic carcinoma arising from the minor salivary glands in the tongue. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVTongue Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: clinicopathological features and differential diagnosis.
Barnes L, Ferlito A, Altavilla G, MacMillan C, Rinaldo A, Doglioni C
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1996 Jan;105(1):75-82. doi: 10.1177/000348949610500115. PMID: 8546432
Significance and treatment of lymph node metastases of malignant mucous and salivary gland tumors.
Rafla S
Am J Roentgenol Radium Ther Nucl Med 1973 Mar;117(3):595-604. doi: 10.2214/ajr.117.3.595. PMID: 4348247
The role of radiotherapy in the management of malignant tumors of the salivary glands.
Stewart JG, Jackson AW, Chew MK
Am J Roentgenol Radium Ther Nucl Med 1968 Jan;102(1):100-8. doi: 10.2214/ajr.102.1.100. PMID: 4294520

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Perineural Invasion and Perineural Tumor Spread in Head and Neck Cancer.
Bakst RL, Glastonbury CM, Parvathaneni U, Katabi N, Hu KS, Yom SS
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2019 Apr 1;103(5):1109-1124. Epub 2018 Dec 15 doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2018.12.009. PMID: 30562546
Histological and epidemiological profile of oral cancer in Congo (Zaire).
Kayembe MK, Kalengayi MM
Odontostomatol Trop 1999 Dec;22(88):29-32. PMID: 11372124
Multivariate survival analysis of 128 cases of oral cavity minor salivary gland carcinomas.
Lopes MA, Santos GC, Kowalski LP
Head Neck 1998 Dec;20(8):699-706. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0347(199812)20:8<699::aid-hed7>3.0.co;2-p. PMID: 9790291
Oral reconstruction using the peroneal flap.
Ikeda K, Yokoyama M, Okada K, Tomita K, Nagayama I
Br J Plast Surg 1997 Dec;50(8):595-9. doi: 10.1016/s0007-1226(97)90504-x. PMID: 9613401
Carcinoma of the tongue: the Montreal General Hospital experience from 1979 to 1984.
Leclerc YE, Palmer JD
Can J Surg 1985 Nov;28(6):509-11. PMID: 2998581

Diagnosis

Cribriform adenocarcinoma of the tongue.
Borowski-Borowy P, Dyduch G, Papla B, Gabryś I, Składzień J, Okoń K
Pol J Pathol 2011 Sep;62(3):168-71. PMID: 22102075
Autoradiographic evaluation of 99mTc-methylene diphosphonate accumulation in oral cancer invading the mandible.
Tsuchimochi M, Katagiri M, Maeda K, Kato J
J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1999 Mar;57(3):245-54. doi: 10.1016/s0278-2391(99)90668-7. PMID: 10077195
Carcinomas of the base of the tongue: diagnosis using double-contrast radiography of the pharynx.
Apter AJ, Levine MS, Glick SN
Radiology 1984 Apr;151(1):123-6. doi: 10.1148/radiology.151.1.6322222. PMID: 6322222
Carcinoma of the tongue.
Wyckoff FJ, Re Mine WH, Devine KD
Postgrad Med 1971 Mar;49(3):118-22. doi: 10.1080/00325481.1971.11696549. PMID: 4323282
OBSCURE OTALGIA.
HORA JF, BROWN AK Jr
Laryngoscope 1964 Jan;74:122-33. doi: 10.1002/lary.5540740115. PMID: 14119585

Therapy

UM-HACC-2A: MYB-NFIB fusion-positive human adenoid cystic carcinoma cell line.
Warner KA, Oklejas AE, Pearson AT, Zhang Z, Wu W, Divi V, Rodriguez-Ramirez C, Castilho RM, Polverini PJ, Nör JE
Oral Oncol 2018 Dec;87:21-28. Epub 2018 Oct 18 doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2018.10.012. PMID: 30527239Free PMC Article
Radiotherapy prostheses.
Taniguchi H
J Med Dent Sci 2000 Mar;47(1):12-26. PMID: 12162523
Arteriography in oral and maxillofacial surgery.
Tatelman M
J Oral Surg 1976 Sep;34(9):795-804. PMID: 181548
Significance and treatment of lymph node metastases of malignant mucous and salivary gland tumors.
Rafla S
Am J Roentgenol Radium Ther Nucl Med 1973 Mar;117(3):595-604. doi: 10.2214/ajr.117.3.595. PMID: 4348247
Some considerations on radiation therapy of tongue cancer.
Horiuchi J, Adachi T
Cancer 1971 Aug;28(2):335-9. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(197108)28:2<335::aid-cncr2820280212>3.0.co;2-3. PMID: 4105301

Prognosis

Perineural Invasion and Perineural Tumor Spread in Head and Neck Cancer.
Bakst RL, Glastonbury CM, Parvathaneni U, Katabi N, Hu KS, Yom SS
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2019 Apr 1;103(5):1109-1124. Epub 2018 Dec 15 doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2018.12.009. PMID: 30562546
Oral reconstruction using the peroneal flap.
Ikeda K, Yokoyama M, Okada K, Tomita K, Nagayama I
Br J Plast Surg 1997 Dec;50(8):595-9. doi: 10.1016/s0007-1226(97)90504-x. PMID: 9613401
Malignant salivary gland tumors of the base of the tongue.
Roper PR, Wolf PF, Luna MA, Goepfert H
South Med J 1987 May;80(5):605-8. doi: 10.1097/00007611-198705000-00014. PMID: 3033832
Diagnostic considerations of tongue-base malignancies.
Lindeman P, Eggertsson S, Edström S, Aberg B
Arch Otorhinolaryngol 1985;242(2):203-7. doi: 10.1007/BF00454422. PMID: 2998310
Carcinoma of the tongue.
Wyckoff FJ, Re Mine WH, Devine KD
Postgrad Med 1971 Mar;49(3):118-22. doi: 10.1080/00325481.1971.11696549. PMID: 4323282

Clinical prediction guides

UM-HACC-2A: MYB-NFIB fusion-positive human adenoid cystic carcinoma cell line.
Warner KA, Oklejas AE, Pearson AT, Zhang Z, Wu W, Divi V, Rodriguez-Ramirez C, Castilho RM, Polverini PJ, Nör JE
Oral Oncol 2018 Dec;87:21-28. Epub 2018 Oct 18 doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2018.10.012. PMID: 30527239Free PMC Article
Facial mimetic, cosmetic, and functional standardized assessment of the facial artery musculomucosal (FAMM) flap.
Jowett N, Hadlock TA, Sela E, Toth M, Knecht R, Lörincz BB
Auris Nasus Larynx 2017 Apr;44(2):220-226. Epub 2016 Jul 21 doi: 10.1016/j.anl.2016.07.004. PMID: 27452415
Multivariate survival analysis of 128 cases of oral cavity minor salivary gland carcinomas.
Lopes MA, Santos GC, Kowalski LP
Head Neck 1998 Dec;20(8):699-706. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0347(199812)20:8<699::aid-hed7>3.0.co;2-p. PMID: 9790291
Fluorescence photography as a diagnostic method for oral cancer.
Onizawa K, Saginoya H, Furuya Y, Yoshida H
Cancer Lett 1996 Nov 12;108(1):61-6. doi: 10.1016/s0304-3835(96)04388-1. PMID: 8950210
Bone scintigraphy: an aid in deciding on the extent of bone resection in malignant oral tumors.
Fischer-Brandies E, Seifert C
J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1995 Jul;53(7):768-70. doi: 10.1016/0278-2391(95)90328-3. PMID: 7595790

Recent systematic reviews

Distant metastasis from oral cavity-correlation between histopathology results and primary site.
Uchiyama Y, Sasai T, Nakatani A, Shimamoto H, Tsujimoto T, Kreiborg S, Murakami S
Oral Radiol 2021 Apr;37(2):167-179. Epub 2020 May 28 doi: 10.1007/s11282-020-00440-3. PMID: 32468449

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