Abstract
Adenoid cystic carcinoma is a relatively rare tumor that usually arises in the parotid and submandibular salivary glands. The initial management is surgical, and this is often combined with post-operative radiotherapy, but local relapse is common and distant metastasis is not infrequent. We experienced the case of a 59 years old male who had been previously operated on for a primary submandibular salivary cyst, and he then had a distant pulmonary metastasis 9 years later. We operated on him with performing a wedge resection on the left lower lobe for the metastatic lesion, and he hasn't had any evidence of tumor recurrence for 84 months after the second operation.
선양낭성암종은 귀밑샘 및 턱밑샘에서 발생하는 비교적 드문 종양으로 치료는 수술적 제거와 재발 방지를 위하여 방사선요법을 시행하지만, 국소적 재발은 흔하고, 원격 전이는 드물지 않게 발생한다. 저자들은 일차성 턱밑샘 종양을 제거한 9년 후에 폐로 원격 전이가 된 59세 남자환자를 좌측 폐쐐기절제술 후 추적 관찰 84개월 동안 재발 없음을 보고하는 바이다.
