Familial bilateral acinic cell carcinoma of the parotid synchronous with pituitary adenoma: Case report

✍ Scribed by Alexander Delides; George Velegrakis; George Kontogeorgos; Evangelia Karagianni; Dimitris Nakas; Emmanuel Helidonis

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 244 KB
• Volume: 27
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1043-3074
• DOI: 10.1002/hed.20219

✦ Synopsis

Background:

Acinic cell carcinoma is a common neoplasm of the salivary glands that occurs predominately in the parotid. only one case of a familial recurrence of such a neoplasm and 16 cases of bilateral tumors have been reported.

Methods:

History files and histologic reports of a patient with bilateral multifocal acinic cell carcinoma of the parotid and a synchronous pituitary adenoma, and of the patient's sister and his father, also treated for parotid tumours, were retrieved.

Results:

There was one recurrence of acinic cell carcinoma in the family. a pituitary tumor was a chromophobe gonotrophic adenoma.

Conclusions:

This is the 17th case of bilateral acinic cell carcinoma of the parotid gland and the second reported case with a familial recurrence. it is the first with a synchronous pituitary adenoma.