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- Title
Radical resection and reconstruction in patients with adenoid cystic carcinoma in the minor salivary glands of the palate.
- Authors
Chen, Wei-liang; Wang, Yan; Zhou, Bin; Liao, Juan-kun; Chen, Rui
- Abstract
Background: This study evaluated the clinical outcomes of the patients with adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) of the minor salivary glands of the palate. Methods: Forty-four patients with stage I–II disease and 14 patients with stage III–IV disease underwent radical excision and reconstruction with a facial-submental artery island flap (FSAIF) and titanium mesh plus a free anterolateral thigh flap (ALTF) and radiotherapy respectively. Patients with stage III–IV disease subsequently received cobalt Co 60 adjuvant radiotherapy. Ki-67 expression was determined semiquantitatively in 52 patients with ACC by based on the cytoplasm staining intensity and percentage of positively stained tumor cells. Results: The median (range) follow-up was 32.9 (14–58) months. Forty-one (71.7%) patients survived without disease recurrence. Nine patients (15.5%) survived with recurrent tumors (four with local recurrence, three with regional recurrence requiring salvage surgery, and two with distant metastasis); among these patients, five had overlapping recurrence. Eight patients (13.8%) died of regional, distant, or multiorgan metastasis (range: 22–42 months). The overall median (95% CI) survival time was 32.5 (25.0–39.5) months, and the median (95% CI) progression-free survival time was 32.9 (28.5–36.9) months. Rates of survival and recurrence differed significantly between patients with low- and high-grade tumors, patients with clinical stage I–II disease and those with stage III–IV disease, patients with and without lymph node metastasis, patients who underwent radical excision with versus without radiotherapy, and patients with low and high Ki-67 expression. Conclusion: Radical resection and reconstruction with FSAIF is suitable methods for the the treatment of stage I–II ACC of the minor salivary glands of the palate. Stage III–IV tumors require radical resection, reconstruction with titanium mesh and free ALTF, and radiotherapy.
- Subjects
ADENOID cystic carcinoma; SALIVARY glands; PALATE; LYMPHATIC metastasis; PROGRESSION-free survival; SURGICAL excision; PROSTATECTOMY; DISEASE relapse
- Publication
Head & Face Medicine, 2022, Vol 18, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1746-160X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s13005-022-00312-7