Metastatic Intracranial Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma with Unknown Primary: Case Report and Review of Literature
Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is an epithelial malignancy comprising approximately 8–10%of all salivary gland tumors. Intracranial ACC without a known primary is an extremely rare pathobiological event. Only 13 cases have been reported in available literature. We report a case of a rare intracrania...
Main Authors: | Jitender Chaturvedi, Subas Kanti Konar, Dilip Jethwani, Dwarakanath Srinivas, Anita Mahadevan |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
2017-04-01
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Series: | Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice |
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Online Access: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0976-3147.203810 |
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