Dedifferentiated acinic cell carcinoma of the parotid gland with myoepithelial features

Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2002 Sep;126(9):1104-5. doi: 10.5858/2002-126-1104-DACCOT.

Abstract

Dedifferentiated acinic cell carcinoma of the salivary gland is an uncommon variant of acinic cell carcinoma, characterized by the coexistence of both an usual low-grade acinic cell carcinoma and a high-grade dedifferentiated component, as well as by an accelerated clinical course. We describe a case of acinic cell carcinoma of the parotid gland in a 67-year-old woman, which recurred 4 times after surgery and radiotherapy. The recurrences consisted of residual foci of acinic cell carcinoma intermingled with a high-grade epithelial proliferation; the latter was focally constituted by cells with morphologic and immunohistochemical features of myoepithelium.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carcinoma, Acinar Cell / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Acinar Cell / therapy
  • Cell Division
  • Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / pathology
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Epithelial Cells / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Myoepithelioma / pathology*
  • Myoepithelioma / therapy
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Parotid Gland / pathology*
  • Parotid Gland / surgery
  • Parotid Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Parotid Neoplasms / therapy
  • Radiotherapy, Adjuvant