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SALIVARY GLAND TUMORS; CLINICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL FEATURES


ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA


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CLINICAL FEATURES

  • More common in parotid gland
  • Most common malignant tumor of intraoral salivary glands
  • Female to male ratio, 3:2
  • Slow growing tumor
  • Small tumors movable by palpation, larger tumors adherent to skin and soft tissues
  • Tenderness and pain
  • Facial nerve paralysis
  • Mucosal ulceration