Salivary gland–like carcinoma of the lung

Salivary gland–like carcinoma of the lung
Synonyms
Pronounce	N/A
Specialty	N/A
Symptoms	Cough, Hemoptysis, Dyspnea
Complications	Metastasis, Respiratory failure
Onset
Duration
Types	Mucoepidermoid carcinoma, Adenoid cystic carcinoma
Causes
Risks	Smoking, Environmental exposure
Diagnosis	Biopsy, Imaging studies
Differential diagnosis	Primary lung cancer, Metastatic disease
Prevention	Smoking cessation, Avoidance of carcinogens
Treatment	Surgery, Radiation therapy, Chemotherapy
Medication
Prognosis	Variable, depending on stage and type
Frequency	Rare
Deaths

Salivary gland–like carcinomas of the lung generally refers a class of rare cancers that arise from the uncontrolled cell division (mitosis) of mutated cancer stem cells in lung tissue. They take their name partly from the appearance of their abnormal cells, whose structure and features closely resemble those of cancers that form in the major salivary glands (parotid glands, submandibular glands and sublingual glands) of the head and neck. carcinoma is a term for malignant neoplasms derived from cells of epithelial lineage, and/or that exhibit cytological or tissue architectural features characteristically found in epithelial cells.

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