Am J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg | Volume 1, Issue 3 | Case Report | Open Access
Rita De Berardinis*
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University School of Medicine and Surgery of Tor Vergata, Italy
*Correspondance to: Rita De Berardinis
Fulltext PDFAdenoid cystic carcinoma is an uncommon salivary gland tumour that often may arise with an advanced stage at diagnosis. The clinical and pathological patterns are characterized by slow growth, peri-neural invasion, multiple local recurrences and distant metastases. The optimal treatment is generally radical surgical resection and is almost always followed by postoperative radiotherapy. Much effort has been invested into understanding the tumour’s molecular biological processes, aiming to identify patients at high risk of recurrence, in hope that they could benefit from other, still unproven treatment modalities such as chemotherapy or biological therapy. This article report two cases of adenoid cystic carcinoma of oral anterior floor treated in our Department of Otorhinolarygology of Tor Vergata University Hospital, analysing each one clinical presentation, radiological diagnosis, surgical reconstructive treatment, immuno-histopathological pattern, clinical and radiological follow up and overall survival.
Adenoid cystic carcinoma; Oral floor; Minor salivary glands; Reconstructive surgery
De Berardinis R. Reconstructive Surgery in Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of Minor Salivary Glands of Oral Mouth: Our Experience. Am J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2018;1(3):1013.