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Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma, Cytological Findings

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Cylindroma

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Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) (Barnes et al. 2005; Ellis and Auclair 2008) is a salivary adenocarcinoma of epithelial and myoepithelial differentiation: its characteristic cribriform architecture is the most frequent pattern (Fig. 1). Together with acinic cell carcinoma and mucoepidermoid carcinoma, ACC belongs to the most common primary salivary gland malignancies.

Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma, Cytological Findings, Fig. 1
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Adenoid cystic carcinoma. Typical cribriform architecture (H&E stain)

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References and Further Reading

  • Barnes, L., Eveson, J. W., Reichert, P., & Sidransky, D. (Eds.). (2005). World Health Organization classification of tumours. Pathology and genetics of head and neck tumours. Lyon: IARC Press.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institut Curie, 26, rue d’Ulm, 75005, Paris, France

    Jerzy Klijanienko

  2. Department of Biopathology, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, 114, rue Edouard Vaillant, 94805, Villejuif, France

    Philippe Vielh

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  1. Laboratoire national de santé, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

    Fernando Schmitt

  2. Medical Faculty of Porto University and IPATIMUP, Porto, Portugal

    Fernando Schmitt

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Klijanienko, J., Vielh, P. (2017). Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma, Cytological Findings. In: Schmitt, F. (eds) Cytopathology. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33286-4_811

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