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  2. Acinic cell carcinoma - Wikipedia

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    Acinic cell carcinoma is a malignant tumor representing 2% of all salivary tumors. 90% of the time found in the parotid gland, 10% intraorally on buccal mucosa or palate. The disease presents as a slow growing mass, associated with pain or tenderness in 50% of the cases. Often appears pseudoencapsulated.

  3. Acinar cell carcinoma of the pancreas - Wikipedia

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    H&E stain. Acinar cell carcinoma of the pancreas, also acinar cell carcinoma, is a rare malignant exocrine tumour of the pancreas. It represents 5% of all exocrine tumours of the pancreas, making it the second most common type of pancreatic cancer. [ 1 ] It is abbreviated ACC. It typically has a guarded prognosis.

  4. Adenoid cystic carcinoma - Wikipedia

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    Adenoid cystic carcinoma is a rare type of cancer that can exist in many different body sites. This tumor most often occurs in the salivary glands, but it can also be found in many anatomic sites, including the breast, [1][2] lacrimal gland, lung, brain, Bartholin gland, trachea, and the paranasal sinuses. It is the third-most common malignant ...

  5. Acinar adenocarcinoma - Wikipedia

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    Acinar adenocarcinoma. Acinar adenocarcinoma is a histological subtype of gland-forming cancer that is diagnosed when cuboidal and/or columnar shaped malignant cells in the neoplastic tissue form acini and tubules. [1] It is a common form of cancer occurring in the lung and prostate gland.

  6. Acinic cell carcinoma of the lung - Wikipedia

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    Oncology, Pulmonology. Acinic cell carcinoma of the lung is a very uncommon tumor that typically appears close to the right bronchus. [1] As of 2022, only 29 cases have been documented in the English literature [1] since Fechner et al. first described this entity in 1972. [2] Histologically similar to the major and minor salivary glands ...

  7. Warthin's tumor - Wikipedia

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    Warthin's tumor, also known as papillary cystadenoma lymphomatosum, is a benign cystic tumor of the salivary glands containing abundant lymphocytes and germinal centers (lymph node-like stroma). It is named for pathologist Aldred Scott Warthin, who described two cases in 1929. [2]

  8. Oncocytoma - Wikipedia

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    An salivary gland oncocytoma (also known as an oxyphilic adenoma) is a well-circumscribed, benign neoplastic growth comprising about one percent of all salivary gland tumors. The histopathology is marked by sheets of large, swollen polyhedral epithelial oncocytes, which are granular acidophilic parotid cells with centrally located nuclei.

  9. Salivary gland tumour - Wikipedia

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    Salivary gland tumours, also known as mucous gland adenomas [1] or neoplasms, are tumours that form in the tissues of salivary glands. The salivary glands are classified as major or minor. The major salivary glands consist of the parotid, submandibular, and sublingual glands. The minor salivary glands consist of 800 to 1000 small mucus ...