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Lacrimal gland neoplasm

MedGen UID:
83280
•Concept ID:
C0339124
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Lacrimal Gland Neoplasm; lacrimal gland neoplasm; lacrimal gland neoplasm (disease); lacrimal gland tumor; lacrimal gland tumour; Neoplasm of lacrimal gland; Neoplasm of Lacrimal Gland; neoplasm of lacrimal gland; Neoplasm of the Lacrimal Gland; neoplasm of the lacrimal gland; Tumor of lacrimal gland; tumor of lacrimal gland; tumor of the lacrimal gland; tumour of lacrimal gland; tumour of the lacrimal gland
SNOMED CT: Tumor of lacrimal gland (127004000); Neoplasm of lacrimal gland (127004000)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0021222

Definition

A benign or malignant neoplasm that affects the lacrimal gland. [from NCI]

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PubMed

Clinical features and management of dacryops.
Ozgonul C, Uysal Y, Ayyildiz O, Kucukevcilioglu M
Orbit 2018 Aug;37(4):262-265. Epub 2018 Jan 4 doi: 10.1080/01676830.2017.1423081. PMID: 29300516
Current treatment of lacrimal gland carcinoma.
Woo KI, Kim YD, Sa HS, Esmaeli B
Curr Opin Ophthalmol 2016 Sep;27(5):449-56. doi: 10.1097/ICU.0000000000000301. PMID: 27273588
Management of Lacrimal Gland Carcinoma: Lessons From the Literature in the Past 40 Years.
Woo KI, Yeom A, Esmaeli B
Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2016 Jan-Feb;32(1):1-10. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000000531. PMID: 26291539

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Etiology

Primary De novo ductal adenocarcinoma of the lacrimal gland.
Tripathy D, Agarwal S, Biala A, Rath S, Mittal R
Ann Diagn Pathol 2021 Feb;50:151651. Epub 2020 Oct 23 doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2020.151651. PMID: 33186791

Diagnosis

Primary De novo ductal adenocarcinoma of the lacrimal gland.
Tripathy D, Agarwal S, Biala A, Rath S, Mittal R
Ann Diagn Pathol 2021 Feb;50:151651. Epub 2020 Oct 23 doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2020.151651. PMID: 33186791
Salivary gland tumors in children: a retrospective clinical review.
Varan A, Akyüz C, Ataş E, Yücel T, Aydın B, Yalçın B, Kutluk T, Büyükpamukçu M
Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2014 Nov;31(8):681-6. Epub 2014 Sep 23 doi: 10.3109/08880018.2014.942936. PMID: 25247345
Anaplastic carcinoma of the lacrimal gland presenting with recurrent subconjunctival hemorrhages and displaying incipient sebaceous differentiation.
Rodgers IR, Jakobiec FA, Gingold MP, Hornblass A, Krebs W
Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 1991;7(4):229-37. doi: 10.1097/00002341-199112000-00001. PMID: 1764420
Mucosal cyst of lacrimal gland fossa simulating lacrimal gland neoplasm.
Fiander D, Brownstein S, Nicolle D, Jackson WB
Can J Ophthalmol 1980 Apr;15(2):87-90. PMID: 7378900

Therapy

Salivary gland tumors in children: a retrospective clinical review.
Varan A, Akyüz C, Ataş E, Yücel T, Aydın B, Yalçın B, Kutluk T, Büyükpamukçu M
Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2014 Nov;31(8):681-6. Epub 2014 Sep 23 doi: 10.3109/08880018.2014.942936. PMID: 25247345

Prognosis

Primary De novo ductal adenocarcinoma of the lacrimal gland.
Tripathy D, Agarwal S, Biala A, Rath S, Mittal R
Ann Diagn Pathol 2021 Feb;50:151651. Epub 2020 Oct 23 doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2020.151651. PMID: 33186791

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