Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the mandible with lung metastasis

Eren Yildirim; Mesut Sivri; Omer Demirtas; Mehmet Ertugrul Çiftçi; Gulen Kamak

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Year : 2015 | Volume : 3 | Issue : 3 | Page : 101-104

Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the mandible with lung metastasis

Eren Yildirim¹, Mesut Sivri², Omer Demirtas³, Mehmet Ertugrul Çiftçi⁴, Gulen Kamak⁵
¹ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Kirikkale Univrsity, Kirikkale, Turkey
² Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey
³ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Katip Celebi University, Izmir, Turkey
⁴ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
⁵ Department of Periodontolgy, Faculty of Dentistry, Kirikkale University, Kirikkale, Turkey

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Dr. Mehmet Ertugrul Çiftçi
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Akdeniz University, Antalya
Turkey

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/2321-3841.170623

Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is a malignant epithelial tumor of salivary glands. A 53-year-old man with intraosseous ACC in the mandible presented to our Faculty of Dentistry. Clinical examination revealed the swelling and enlarged local lymph nodes in the right mandibular area. After histopathological and radiological examination, ACC in the right mandibular molar area with lung metastasis was reported. We also review the literature.

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