adenoid cystic carcinoma
Findings
No curated finding names adenoid cystic carcinoma yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A malignant tumor arising from the epithelial cells. Microscopically, the neoplastic epithelial cells form cylindrical spatial configurations (cribriform or classic type of adenoid cystic carcinoma), cordlike structures (tubular type of adenoid cystic carcinoma), or solid structures (basaloid variant of adenoid cystic carcinoma). Adenoid cystic carcinomas mostly occur in the salivary glands. Other primary sites of involvement include the lacrimal gland, the larynx, and the lungs. Adenoid cystic carcinomas spread along nerve sheaths, resulting in severe pain, and they tend to recur. Lymph node metastases are unusual; hematogenous tumor spread is characteristic.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0004971), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
- Narrower terms (17)
- adenoid cystic breast carcinoma
- adenoid cystic carcinoma of oropharynx
- adenoid cystic carcinoma of the corpus uteri
- Bartholin gland adenoid cystic carcinoma
- cervical adenoid cystic carcinoma
- cutaneous adenocystic carcinoma
- esophageal adenoid cystic carcinoma
- lacrimal gland adenoid cystic carcinoma
- laryngeal adenoid cystic carcinoma
- lung adenoid cystic carcinoma
- lymph node adenoid cystic carcinoma
- paranasal sinus adenoid cystic carcinoma
- pharyngeal adenoid cystic carcinoma
- prostate adenoid cystic carcinoma
- salivary gland adenoid cystic carcinoma
- tracheal adenoid cystic carcinoma
- vaginal adenoid cystic carcinoma
Other names
3 names
Resolves to: adenoid cystic carcinoma
- Also called
- adenocystic carcinomaadenoid cystic cancercylindroid adenocarcinoma