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Adenocarcinoma NOS, Salivary Glands of

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Head and Neck Pathology

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Adenocarcinoma

Definition

This is a diagnosis of exclusion: an adenocarcinoma which does not belong to any other malignant epithelial salivary gland tumor type, which is not metastatic either, furthermore which does not have pleiomorphic adenoma component is called adenocarcinoma NOS.

Clinical Features

  • Incidence

    This is regarded the 3rd or 4th most common carcinoma types in human salivary gland pathology. It makes 5–15 % of all malignant salivary gland tumors. Since the definition is by exclusion, the data concerning the incidence of this tumor are controversial and still changing.

  • Age

    Wide age range has been published; the most frequent age range is 50–58 year.

  • Sex

    Slight female predominance has been reported.

  • Site

    60 % of these tumors occur in the large salivary glands (mainly parotid); the rest is in any of the small salivary glands of the oral cavity.

  • Treatment

    The treatment is like any other malignant epithelial tumor of this organ: surgery; in case the tumor is larger...

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References and Further Reading

  • Carlson, E. R., & Ord, R. A. (2008). Textbook and color atlas of salivary gland pathology. Ames: Wiley-Blackwell.

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  • Ellis, G. L., & Auclair, P. L. (2008). Tumors of the salivary glands (AFIP atlas of tumor pathology, 4th series, fascicle 9). Silver Spring: ARP Press.

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  • Slootweg, P. J., & Cardesa, A. (Eds.) (2006). Pathology of the head and neck. Berlin: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

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  1. Department of Pathology/Cytopathology of the Flor F. University Hospital of Pest County, Semmelweis University, Semmelweis tér 1, Kistarcsa, H-2143, Hungary

    Laszlo Vass

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  1. Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Pathology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Metka Volavšek

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Vass, L. (2016). Adenocarcinoma NOS, Salivary Glands of. In: Volavšek, M. (eds) Head and Neck Pathology. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28618-1_1828

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