Professional paper

Acinic Cell Carcinoma of the Lower Lip: a Case Report

Gülsüm Ak
Aslı Hayırlıoğlu
Sertan Ergun
Mine G. Güllüoglu
Dilek Batu
Alp Saruhanoğlu
Hakki Tanyeri

Abstract

Acinic cell carcinoma is a rare, low grade malignant tumor of the salivary glands. Most frequently it originates from major salivary glands almost exclusively in parotid gland and rarely from minor salivary glands. In this report we present a case of 64-year-old man with a persistent swelling within the mucosa of the lower lip at the line of the canine tooth for two years. The lesion was painless, soft in texture, mimicked a mucocel and had the dimensions of 1x1.5 cm with an overlying mucosa normal in color. Surgical excision of the lesion is performed and histopathological confirmation revealed acinic cell carcinoma.

Keywords

Carcinoma; Acinar Cell; Salivary Glands

Hrčak ID:

12548

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/12548

Publication date:

15.6.2007.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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