ADENOID CYSTIC CANCER

Course overview

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA (ACC) IS A RARE MALIGNANCY ARISING FROM THE SECRETORY GLANDS, MOST COMMONLY SEEN INVOLVING THE SALIVARY GLANDS. ALTHOUGH UNCOMMON, IT IS AN IMPORTANT DIFFERENTIAL TO CONSIDER FOR A PAINLESS SWELLING IN THE HEAD AND NECK REGION BECAUSE OF ITS HIGH TENDENCY TO METASTASIZE. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF ACC AND HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY INTERVENTION IN IMPROVING CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION.