Primary lung adenoid cystic carcinoma: a case report and review of the literature

Şule KAYA; Münire ÇAKIR

Article Details

Primary lung adenoid cystic carcinoma: a case report and review of the literature

Authors:

Şule KAYA | Münire ÇAKIR

Publisher:

TUBITAK

Journal:

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences 2013 Vol.43 Issue 2, pp.339-342

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2013

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000753834

Frequency:

Bimonthly

eISSN:

1303-6165

pISSN:

1300-0144

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Abstract:

 

Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is a rare low-grade malignant epithelial tumor that usually originates in the salivary glands. It shows a slow progression and metastasizes rarely. A 74-year-old male patient was admitted to our clinic due to pulmonary lesions seen on a chest-X ray coincidentally. The patient, 6 years before admission, was operated on for a peptic ulcer perforation and a right hilar mass lesion, and bibasilar pulmonary nodular lesions were also found on his chest radiograph. A bronchoscopic biopsy revealed ACC and surgical treatment was offered to the patient; however, he refused it. The patient, who had a 130-pack-year smoking history, was asymptomatic on admission to our clinic. Since metastatic pulmonary lesions were present, the patient was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer and given chemotherapy. Thorax computerized tomography, performed after treatment, revealed no change in the size or number of pulmonary lesions, and the patient has been followed since then and is still asymptomatic. This case of metastatic ACC was reported, after a review of the literature, as being a rare case, as the patient revealed no symptoms from the time of diagnosis until the end of treatment.

 

Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is a rare low-grade malignant epithelial tumor that usually originates in the salivary glands. It shows a slow progression and metastasizes rarely. A 74-year-old male patient was admitted to our clinic due to pulmonary lesions seen on a chest-X ray coincidentally. The patient, 6 years before admission, was operated on for a peptic ulcer perforation and a right hilar mass lesion, and bibasilar pulmonary nodular lesions were also found on his chest radiograph. A bronchoscopic biopsy revealed ACC and surgical treatment was offered to the patient; however, he refused it. The patient, who had a 130-pack-year smoking history, was asymptomatic on admission to our clinic. Since metastatic pulmonary lesions were present, the patient was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer and given chemotherapy. Thorax computerized tomography, performed after treatment, revealed no change in the size or number of pulmonary lesions, and the patient has been followed since then and is still asymptomatic. This case of metastatic ACC was reported, after a review of the literature, as being a rare case, as the patient revealed no symptoms from the time of diagnosis until the end of treatment.

Article Details

Primary lung adenoid cystic carcinoma: a case report and review of the literature

Authors:

Şule KAYA | Münire ÇAKIR

Publisher:

TUBITAK

Journal:

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences 2013 Vol.43 Issue 2, pp.339-342

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2013

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000753834

Frequency:

Bimonthly

eISSN:

1303-6165

pISSN:

1300-0144

Key words: Adenoid cystic carcinoma

lung

asymptomatic

Issues

Article Details

Primary lung adenoid cystic carcinoma: a case report and review of the literature

Authors: Şule KAYA | Münire ÇAKIR

Publisher: TUBITAK

Journal: Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences 2013 Vol.43 Issue 2, pp.339-342

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 1/2013

Document Language: Turkish

Document ID (Org No.): 2000753834

Frequency: Bimonthly

eISSN: 1303-6165

pISSN: 1300-0144

Key words: Adenoid cystic carcinoma

lung

asymptomatic

Issues

Authors:

Şule KAYA | Münire ÇAKIR

Publisher:

TUBITAK

Journal:

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences 2013 Vol.43 Issue 2, pp.339-342

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2013

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000753834

Frequency:

Bimonthly

eISSN:

1303-6165

pISSN:

1300-0144