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[Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the maxillary sinuses]. 2003

Yanping Zhang, and Deliang Huang

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, General Hospital of PLA, Beijing 100853.

OBJECTIVE To investigate characteristic clinical features and outcomes for patients with adenoid cystic carcinoma of the maxillary sinuses (ACC). METHODS Thirteen patients with ACC were treated with a combination of surgery and radiation. Prognostic factors were retrospectively analyzed. RESULTS The most frequent cause of failure was local recurrence at the primary site. There was no neck node failure, 1 patient experienced distant metastases after the treatment. The overall disease-free survival rate at 5 years and 10 years were 72.5% and 54.4%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS The symptoms of the ACC occurred in the maxillary sinuses are not specific. The early diagnoses are usually difficult. Surgeries combined with postoperative radiation are recommended for optimal local control and survival. The prognostic factors include the clinic stages of the tumor and the resection margins.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008444	Maxillary Sinus Neoplasms	Tumors or cancer of the MAXILLARY SINUS. They represent the majority of paranasal neoplasms.	Cancer of Maxillary Sinus,Maxillary Sinus Cancer,Neoplasms, Maxillary Sinus,Cancer, Maxillary Sinus,Cancers, Maxillary Sinus,Maxillary Sinus Cancers,Maxillary Sinus Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Maxillary Sinus
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D003528	Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic	Carcinoma characterized by bands or cylinders of hyalinized or mucinous stroma separating or surrounded by nests or cords of small epithelial cells. When the cylinders occur within masses of epithelial cells, they give the tissue a perforated, sievelike, or cribriform appearance. Such tumors occur in the mammary glands, the mucous glands of the upper and lower respiratory tract, and the salivary glands. They are malignant but slow-growing, and tend to spread locally via the nerves. (Dorland, 27th ed)	Cylindroma,Adenocystic Carcinoma,Adenocystic Carcinomas,Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma,Adenoid Cystic Carcinomas,Carcinoma, Adenocystic,Carcinomas, Adenocystic,Carcinomas, Adenoid Cystic,Cylindromas,Cystic Carcinoma, Adenoid,Cystic Carcinomas, Adenoid
D005260	Female		Females
D005500	Follow-Up Studies	Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease.	Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D012189	Retrospective Studies	Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons.	Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective