Recurrent acinic cell carcinoma in the parotid gland with cardiac metastasis and hypertrophic osteoarthropathy.
10.12701/yujm.2014.31.1.33
- Author:
Sung Yun JUNG
1
;
Dong Won LEE
;
Min Geun GU
;
Tae Hun KWON
;
Sung Ae KO
;
Joon Hyuk CHOI
;
Jang Won SOHN
;
Myung Soo HYUN
Author Information
1. Division of Hematology-Oncolog and Cardiologyy, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Korea. hms@med.yu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Acinic cell carcinoma;
Parotid neoplasm;
Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy;
Cardiac metastasis
- MeSH:
Adult;
Carcinoma, Acinar Cell*;
Echocardiography;
Electrons;
Humans;
Joints;
Neoplasm Metastasis*;
Parotid Gland*;
Parotid Neoplasms;
Radiotherapy;
Salivary Glands
- From:Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine
2014;31(1):33-37
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Acinic cell carcinoma (ACC) is an uncommon malignant tumor of the salivary glands that is difficult to diagnose. It grows slowly and shows distant metastasis rarely. We experienced a case of recurrent ACC in the parotid gland with cardiac metastasis and hypertrophic osteoarthropathy. The 29-year-old man had been suffering from severe multiple bones and joints pain for 2 months. Ten years earlier, he underwent superficial parotidectomy due to a right subauricular mass. The mass was diagnosed with ACC. After surgery, the tumor recurred twice. Then the patient was diagnosed with cardiac metastasis via positron emission tomography-computed tomography and trans-thoracic echocardiography. He also had hypertrophic osteoarthropathy with multiple bone metastasis. He was given palliative radiotherapy and conservative treatment. ACC in the parotid gland with cardiac metastasis and hypertrophic osteoarthropathy has not yet been reported in literature. From this case, it is recommended to evaluate multiple distant metastasis in the ACC of the parotid gland when joint and bone pain are present.
