Cribriform adenocarcinoma of the tongue with cervical lymph nodes involvement: Report of an extremely rare tumor and focus about differential diagnosis with polymorphous adenocarcinoma

Pietro De Luca; Domenico Tassone; Luca de Campora; Matteo Simone; Pasquale Marra; Vito Colacurcio; Leopoldo Costarelli; Alfonso Scarpa; Claudio Viti; Angelo Camaioni

doi:10.1002/ccr3.5125

Cribriform adenocarcinoma of the tongue with cervical lymph nodes involvement: Report of an extremely rare tumor and focus about differential diagnosis with polymorphous adenocarcinoma

Clin Case Rep. 2021 Nov 26;9(11):e05125. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.5125. eCollection 2021 Nov.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry University of Salerno Salerno Italy.
² Otolaryngology Unit San Giovanni-Addolorata Hospital Rome Italy.
³ Department of Pathology San Giovanni-Addolorata Hospital Rome Italy.
⁴ Department of Otolaryngology Belcolle Hospital Viterbo Italy.

Abstract

Cribriform adenocarcinoma is a rare tumor that arise in tongue and minor salivary glands. Previously, only 56 case have been described. In this paper, we report a case of a 83-year-old man and we focus about the differential diagnosis with polymorphous adenocarcinoma.

Keywords: CATMSG; base of the tongue; cribriform adenocarcinoma of the tongue; minor salivary glands; polymorphous adenocarcinoma; salivary glands tumor.

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Case Reports