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Vol. 30. Issue 10.
Pages 514-516 (December 1994)
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Carcinoma adenoide quístico. A propósito de un caso con supervivencia muy prolongada
Adenoid cystic carcinoma. A case of long survival
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J. Casadevall Escayola1, L. Gómez Carrera, S. Díaz Lobato, C. Villasante
Servicios de Neumología, Hospital La Paz. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
R. Hernández Gaspar*, P. Díaz Agero**
* Servicios de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital La Paz. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
** Servicios de Cirugía Torácica, Hospital La Paz. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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El carcinoma adenoide quístico (CAQ) es un tumor infrecuente, aunque no extremadamente raro. Su localización primaria más frecuente es en las glándulas salivales, aunque puede hallarse en muchos otros órganos, entre ellos el pulmón, el cual es el asiento más frecuente de las metástasis a distancia.

Sus dos características principales son su gran agresividad local con aparición de recidivas a pesar de exéresis radicales, que pueden tener lugar mucho tiempo después del tumor primario, y su lenta evolución aun cuando el tumor presenta enfermedad diseminada, por lo que se requieren seguimientos a largo plazo.

El patrón histológico del tumor es un factor pronóstico importante.

Palabras clave:
Carcinoma adenoide quístico (CAQ)
Metástasis pulmonares
Patrones histológicos

Adenoid cystic carcinoma is an infrequent tumor, but not a rare one. Its primary location is most often the salivary glands, although it can be found in many other organs, including the lung, which is the most frequent site of remote metastasis.

The tumor's two main features, which indicate a need for long-term monitoring, are 1) its high level of local aggressivity and rate of recidivism in spite of radical exerexis, with recurrence sometimes taking place long after the primary tumor appears, and 2) its slow natural history even when disseminated disease is present.

Type of tumoral tissue is an important prognostic factor.

Key words:
Adenoid cystic carcinoma
Pulmonary metastasis
Tissue type
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