Larynx, hypopharynx & trachea
Other malignancies
Acinic cell carcinoma
Author: Adriana Handra-Luca, M.D.
Topic Completed: 1 October 2012
Minor changes: 2 March 2021
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Cite this page: Handra-Luca A. Acinic cell carcinoma. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/tracheaaciniccell.html. Accessed March 4th, 2021.
Definition / general
- Rare tumor similar to salivary gland tumor
- Symptoms: dyspnea, upper airway obstruction
Case reports
- 27 year old woman with dyspnea (Gan No Rinsho 1984;30:1412)
- 54 year old woman with laryngotracheal junction tumor after thyroid radiation (Arch Pathol Lab Med 1981;105:266)
- 54 year old man with widely invasive tumor (Surg Today 2004;34:764)
- 56 year old woman with postradiation tumor (Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1981;89:398)
- 64 year old man with predominantly mucous differentiated acinic cell adenocarcinoma of seromucous tracheal glands (Zentralbl Allg Pathol 1989;135:751)
- Case with upper airway obstruction treated with YAG laser and surgical resection (Chest 1996;110:1120)
Treatment
- Wide resection, may recur
