Rare-19. a case report of adenoid cystic carcinoma in the brain mimicking malignant glioma on neuroimaging

DISCUSSION:Adenoid cystic carcinoma is found primarily in the salivary glands and rarely discovered in the brain tissue. The gold standard of treatment of ACC tumors is surgical resection followed by radiation treatment. The patient described above is a rare case of ACC in the brain who presented with symptoms of headache, eye pain and leg weakness now with symptoms of cranial nerve six palsy and trigeminal neuralgia. These tumors can frequently mimic malignant gliomas on MRI studies, therefore pathological examination of tissue is necessary to make the correct diagnosis.
Source: Neuro-Oncology - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Tags: RARE TUMORS Source Type: research