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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

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
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
Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the base of tongue: A population-based study.
Kirke DN, Chitguppi C, Rubin SJ, Truong MT, Jalisi S
Am J Otolaryngol 2017 May-Jun;38(3):279-284. Epub 2017 Jan 18 doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2017.01.010. PMID: 28173954
Cervical lymph node metastasis in adenoid cystic carcinoma of oral cavity and oropharynx: A collective international review.
Suárez C, Barnes L, Silver CE, Rodrigo JP, Shah JP, Triantafyllou A, Rinaldo A, Cardesa A, Pitman KT, Kowalski LP, Robbins KT, Hellquist H, Medina JE, de Bree R, Takes RP, Coca-Pelaz A, Bradley PJ, Gnepp DR, Teymoortash A, Strojan P, Mendenhall WM, Eloy JA, Bishop JA, Devaney KO, Thompson LD, Hamoir M, Slootweg PJ, Vander Poorten V, Williams MD, Wenig BM, Skálová A, Ferlito A
Auris Nasus Larynx 2016 Oct;43(5):477-84. Epub 2016 Mar 24 doi: 10.1016/j.anl.2016.02.013. PMID: 27017314Free PMC Article
Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the tongue--clinicopathological study and survival analysis.
Luna-Ortiz K, Carmona-Luna T, Cano-Valdez AM, Mosqueda-Taylor A, Herrera-Gómez A, Villavicencio-Valencia V
Head Neck Oncol 2009 May 29;1:15. doi: 10.1186/1758-3284-1-15. PMID: 19480697Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

A review on the role of ADAMTS9-AS2 in different disorders.
Ghafouri-Fard S, Askari A, Hussen BM, Baniahmad A, Taheri M, Mokhtari M
Pathol Res Pract 2023 Mar;243:154346. Epub 2023 Jan 27 doi: 10.1016/j.prp.2023.154346. PMID: 36746036
Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the base of tongue: A population-based study.
Kirke DN, Chitguppi C, Rubin SJ, Truong MT, Jalisi S
Am J Otolaryngol 2017 May-Jun;38(3):279-284. Epub 2017 Jan 18 doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2017.01.010. PMID: 28173954
Cervical lymph node metastasis in adenoid cystic carcinoma of oral cavity and oropharynx: A collective international review.
Suárez C, Barnes L, Silver CE, Rodrigo JP, Shah JP, Triantafyllou A, Rinaldo A, Cardesa A, Pitman KT, Kowalski LP, Robbins KT, Hellquist H, Medina JE, de Bree R, Takes RP, Coca-Pelaz A, Bradley PJ, Gnepp DR, Teymoortash A, Strojan P, Mendenhall WM, Eloy JA, Bishop JA, Devaney KO, Thompson LD, Hamoir M, Slootweg PJ, Vander Poorten V, Williams MD, Wenig BM, Skálová A, Ferlito A
Auris Nasus Larynx 2016 Oct;43(5):477-84. Epub 2016 Mar 24 doi: 10.1016/j.anl.2016.02.013. PMID: 27017314Free PMC Article
Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the base of the tongue metastasizing to the scalp.
Saco M, Howe N, Jukic DM, Muro-Cacho C
Dermatol Online J 2014 Mar 17;20(3) PMID: 24656266
Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the tongue--clinicopathological study and survival analysis.
Luna-Ortiz K, Carmona-Luna T, Cano-Valdez AM, Mosqueda-Taylor A, Herrera-Gómez A, Villavicencio-Valencia V
Head Neck Oncol 2009 May 29;1:15. doi: 10.1186/1758-3284-1-15. PMID: 19480697Free PMC Article

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
The efficacy of superselective intra-arterial infusion with concomitant radiotherapy for adenoid cystic carcinoma of the head and neck.
Homma A, Sakashita T, Hatakeyama H, Kano S, Mizumachi T, Nakamaru Y, Yoshida D, Onimaru R, Tsuchiya K, Yasuda K, Shirato H, Fukuda S
Acta Otolaryngol 2015 Sep;135(9):950-4. Epub 2015 Apr 30 doi: 10.3109/00016489.2015.1040171. PMID: 25925195
Multifield optimization intensity modulated proton therapy for head and neck tumors: a translation to practice.
Frank SJ, Cox JD, Gillin M, Mohan R, Garden AS, Rosenthal DI, Gunn GB, Weber RS, Kies MS, Lewin JS, Munsell MF, Palmer MB, Sahoo N, Zhang X, Liu W, Zhu XR
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2014 Jul 15;89(4):846-53. Epub 2014 May 24 doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.04.019. PMID: 24867532Free PMC Article
Adenoid cystic carcinoma of base of tongue.
Akhavan A, Navabii H, Saeb M
BMJ Case Rep 2012 Jun 28;2012 doi: 10.1136/bcr.02.2012.5853. PMID: 22744242Free PMC Article
Radiotherapy prostheses.
Taniguchi H
J Med Dent Sci 2000 Mar;47(1):12-26. PMID: 12162523

Prognosis

A review on the role of ADAMTS9-AS2 in different disorders.
Ghafouri-Fard S, Askari A, Hussen BM, Baniahmad A, Taheri M, Mokhtari M
Pathol Res Pract 2023 Mar;243:154346. Epub 2023 Jan 27 doi: 10.1016/j.prp.2023.154346. PMID: 36746036
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
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
Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the base of tongue: A population-based study.
Kirke DN, Chitguppi C, Rubin SJ, Truong MT, Jalisi S
Am J Otolaryngol 2017 May-Jun;38(3):279-284. Epub 2017 Jan 18 doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2017.01.010. PMID: 28173954
Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the base of the tongue metastasizing to the scalp.
Saco M, Howe N, Jukic DM, Muro-Cacho C
Dermatol Online J 2014 Mar 17;20(3) PMID: 24656266

Clinical prediction guides

The role of elective neck dissection in patients with adenoid cystic carcinoma of the head and neck.
Xiao R, Sethi RKV, Feng AL, Fontanarosa JB, Deschler DG
Laryngoscope 2019 Sep;129(9):2094-2104. Epub 2019 Jan 22 doi: 10.1002/lary.27814. PMID: 30667061
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
Adenoid cystic carcinoma: A study of 19 cases of salivary and extra-salivary tumours diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology.
Kundu R, Handa U, Punia RS, Dass A, Saini V
Diagn Cytopathol 2018 Dec;46(12):1004-1009. Epub 2018 Oct 3 doi: 10.1002/dc.24075. PMID: 30284389
Lymph node involvement predicts poor prognosis in primary tongue adenoid cystic carcinoma: A preliminary study of 54 cases.
Han N, Ong H, Liu Z, Ruan M, Yang W, Zhang C
J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2017 Apr;45(4):589-594. Epub 2017 Jan 25 doi: 10.1016/j.jcms.2017.01.012. PMID: 28223016
Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the tongue--clinicopathological study and survival analysis.
Luna-Ortiz K, Carmona-Luna T, Cano-Valdez AM, Mosqueda-Taylor A, Herrera-Gómez A, Villavicencio-Valencia V
Head Neck Oncol 2009 May 29;1:15. doi: 10.1186/1758-3284-1-15. PMID: 19480697Free PMC Article

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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