Annals of Case Reports and Clinical Studies (ISSN: 2834-5673) | Volume 2, Issue 1 | Case Report | Open Access
Riya Jain*
Department of Oral Pathology, Government dental college and hospital Nagpur, India
Fulltext PDF1.1. Background: Polymorphous adenocarcinoma is the second most common intraoral minor salivary gland tumor accounting for 26% of all carcinoma. It is characterized by varied architectural patterns with uniform cytologic picture.
1.2. Methods: We present a case of 45-year-old male who presented with a palatal swelling. neoplastic glandular epithelial cells showing variety of growth patterns and characteristic indian file pattern was also seen. Micro calcifications were also appreciated.
1.3. Results: All these features are suggestive of Polymorphous Adenocarcinoma (PAC). The patient received postoperative radiotherapy in view of close margins for a total dose of 50.4 Gy in 28 fractions. The patient is doing well 33 months post surgery without any clinical or radiological evidence of recurrence.
1.4. Conclusions: Palatal salivary gland malignancies pose a diagnostic dilemma for the pathologists. Any general practitioner should be skeptical about the palatal swelling and refer the patient to a specialist.
Polymorphous Adenocarcinoma; Salivary gland tumor
Riya Jain, Suchitra Gosavi, Deepak Sethia, Akshay Trimukhe.Polymorphous Adenocarcinoma (PAC) Presenting As a Palatal Swelling- A Case Report.Ann Case Rep Clin Stud. 2023;2(1):1-11.