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Widespread cutaneous metastases from acinic cell carcinoma 20 years after primary presentation.

Varsegi MF, Ravis SM, Hattab EM, Henley JD, Billings SD

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.

Acinic cell carcinoma is a rare, low-grade malignant salivary gland neoplasm. Approximately, 20% of patients experience local recurrence and 10% distant metastasis, often many years after initial presentation. We present a case of widespread cutaneous metastasis from acinic cell carcinoma arising in a 59-year-old woman with a history of acinic cell carcinoma of the parotid gland 20 years prior to her cutaneous disease. To our knowledge, is the first report of widespread cutaneous metastasis from acinic cell carcinoma.

Published 9 May 2008 in J Cutan Pathol, 35(6): 591-3.
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