Acinic cell carcinoma differential diagnosis

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ramyar Ghandriz MD[2]

Overview

Acinic cell carcinoma is a head and neck tumor happening in the salivary glands. If a patient was observed with related signs, the tumor must be classified as a benign or invasive by the capsule being intact. Differential diagnosis of a malignant tumor in the salivary gland is made after the incision and by histology features which will provide a good chemotherapy regimen for so-called patients.

Differentiating acinic cell carcinoma from other Diseases

  • Based on tumor site differentiation is as below:
Diseases Benign/

Malignant

Clinical manifestation Paraclinical findings Gold standard diagnosis
Demography History Symptoms Signs Lab findings Histopathology Imaging
Pain Dysphagia Mass exam Others
Pleomorphic adenoma[1][2] +
  • MRI: Homogenous on T1
  • Abundant myxochondroid stroma on T2
Warthin's tumor[3][4]
  • Male to female ratio: 4:1
  • More common in people aged 60-70 years old
+
Oncocytoma

[5]

  • Race: Caucasian patients predilection
  • Gender: No gender preference
  • Age: 50–70 years
± ±
  • CT:
    • Isodense expansive mass
    • Enhancement after intravenous contrast
    • Hypodense areas
  • MRI:
    • Isodensties on T1
    • Mass is hyperintense on T2
    • Enhancement on contrast
Monomorphic adenoma [6][7][8]
  • Age: 26-76 years
  • Rare in children
  • Gender: No predilection
± ±
  • Normal
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma

[9]

  • Age: Mean age of 59
  • Female predilection
± ±
  • Cystic and solid component with variable appearance on CT and MRI
Adenoid cystic carcinoma [10]
  • Age: 40s-60s
  • Gender: Female predominance
± ±
Adenocarcinoma

[11]

  • Age: young age predilection
Salivary duct cancer[12][13][14]

(Highly aggressive)

  • Incidence: 1-3%
  • Gender: Male predilection
  • Mean age: 55-61 years old
  • Rapidly growing mass with jaw involvement
± ±
  • Painless
  • Hard
  • Non-compressible mass
Squamous cell carcinoma[15][16]
  • Incidence: rare
  • Age: Old age , 61-68 years
  • Male predilection
  • Present as painful growing mass on jaw
+
  • Tumor dimension can be delineated using both CT and MRI

Differentiating acinic cell carcinoma from other diseases on the basis of histology findings

On the basis of histologist findings acinic cell carcinoma must be differentiated from other salivary and head and neck masses such as salivary metastasis of thyroid carcinoma, salivary oncocytoma, mucoepidermoid carcinoma, Mammary analog secretory carcinoma.[17][18]

Diseases Histological findings
Overlapping features Distinguishing features
Salivary metastasis of thyroid carcinoma[19] Empty appearance, grooves, pseudoinclusions Immunohistochemistry (Thyroglobulin)
salivary oncocytoma[20] Eosinophilic, non-serous cells Hematoxylin
mucoepidermoid carcinoma[21] Microcystic, and follicula, inconspicuous mucous/squamoid cells, eosinophilic Immunohistochemistry for p63
Mammary analoge secretory carcinoma[22] Histologically similar Lack of PAS-positive secretory granules, Vimentin positive, Adipophilin positive

References

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