A Resected Solitary Pulmonary Metastasis 9 Years after the Removal of Submandibular Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma: A case report.
10.5090/kjtcs.2010.43.3.320
- Author:
Min Bum SEO
1
;
SeogKi LEE
;
SungChul LIM
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chosun University Hospital, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Korea. chcs@chosun.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Cancer;
Neoplasm metastasis
- MeSH:
Adenoids;
Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic;
Humans;
Male;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Recurrence;
Salivary Glands
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2010;43(3):320-323
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Adenoid cystic carcinoma is a relatively rare tumor that usually arises in the parotid and submandibular salivary glands. The initial management is surgical, and this is often combined with post-operative radiotherapy, but local relapse is common and distant metastasis is not infrequent. We experienced the case of a 59 years old male who had been previously operated on for a primary submandibular salivary cyst, and he then had a distant pulmonary metastasis 9 years later. We operated on him with performing a wedge resection on the left lower lobe for the metastatic lesion, and he hasn't had any evidence of tumor recurrence for 84 months after the second operation.
