Adenoid cystic carcinoma in patients in the ENT Department of the K. Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences in Poznan in years 1980-1995

In the years 1980-1995 60 patients with adenoid cystic carcinoma in the head and neck of different localization were treated at the Department of Otolaryngology. Majority of the tumors originated of the major salivary glands was parotid gland (24 cases). The most common location among the tumor of the minor salivary glands was the palate (5 cases). The tumors arising from others mucous glands, most frequently has located in the maxillo-etmoideal complex (12 cases). The authors stress diagnostic difficulties, the necessity of a proper selection of the surgical method and postoperative radiotherapy, describing the treatment results in the patients. Radical surgical procedure of the adenoid cystic carcinoma yields optimal local control and survival rates.