Acinic cell carcinoma arising in a lacrimal gland. First case report

✍ Scribed by Gaetano De Rosa; Pio Zeppa; Fausto Tranfa; Giulio Bonavolontá

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1986
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 752 KB
• Volume: 57
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0008-543X
• DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19860515)57:10<1988::aid-cncr2820571018>3.0.co;2-n

✦ Synopsis

Acinic cell carcinoma is a rare neoplasm nearly always observed in the salivary glands. Our experience documents a case of this pathology, occurring in the lacrimal gland, never reported in the literature before. A 59-year-old white woman was admitted with reduced vision and a painless swelling in the area of the right lacrimal gland. Computerized axial tomography showed an intraorbital radio-opaque mass compressing the eyeball from behind. The patient underwent right temporal orbitotomy and total removal of the lesion. The surgical specimen was constituted by a cystic mass containing citrine liquid. Microscopic examination proved the lesion to be an acinic cell carcinoma. Differential diagnostic problems and similarity to salivary gland acinic tumors are discussed.