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parotid gland adenoid cystic carcinoma

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An aggressive carcinoma that arises from the parotid gland. It is characterized by the presence of malignant epithelial and myoepithelial cells forming cribriform, tubular, and solid patterns. It usually presents as a slow growing mass. Patients develop pain because of the tendency of these carcinomas to invade perineural tissues. [ NCIT:C5937 ]

Term info

database cross reference
  • NCIT:C5937 (MONDO:exact-label-match)
  • UMLS:C1335355 (NCIT:C5937)
  • EFO:1000459 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • SCTID:423615009 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • DOID:0050931 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
definition

An aggressive carcinoma that arises from the parotid gland. It is characterized by the presence of malignant epithelial and myoepithelial cells forming cribriform, tubular, and solid patterns. It usually presents as a slow growing mass. Patients develop pain because of the tendency of these carcinomas to invade perineural tissues.

exactMatch

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_0050931, http://identifiers.org/snomedct/423615009, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C1335355, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C5937

has exact synonym

adenoid cystic carcinoma of the parotid, adenoid cystic carcinoma of parotid, parotid adenoid cystic carcinoma, adenoid cystic carcinoma of parotid gland, parotid gland adenoid cystic carcinoma, adenoid cystic carcinoma of the parotid gland

id

MONDO:0006356