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Table 4 Patients with adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) as primary head and neck cancer

From: Spinal metastasis in head and neck cancer

Author, year

Patient no.

Patient age

Primary site, grade

Primary stage

Intervention for primary site

Location of spinal metastasis

Time frame of spinal metastasis

Signs + symptoms of spinal metastasis

Intervention for spinal metastasis

Outcome

Other metastases

Mortality

Cause of death

Riela, 1983 [15]

1

54

Submandibular ACC

-

Operation, RT

T12-L1

17 yr

Back pain, weakness, numbness

Laminectomy, complete resection

Improved symptoms at 6 mo

-

-

-

Preciado, 2002 [20]

2

31

Tongue base ACC

T3 N2b

-

T10-L2

52 mo

Low back pain

CT (etoposide), RT (36 Gy), steroids

Continued pain, worsening; improved pain

Lung

5 mo

-

Birkeland, 2003 [14]

3

55

Submandibular gland ACC

-

Resection, adjuvant RT

L3-L4

7 yr

Low back pain with radiation to left groin

Decompression, RT

Paresis, numbness at all extremities

Cranial, skin

-

-

  1. “ACC”: Adenoid cystic carcinoma. “RT”: Radiation therapy. “CT”: Chemotherapy. “CR”: Chemoradiation.” Grade”: Greenberg Grade. “Gy”: Gray. “yr”: year(s). “mo”: month(s). “wk”: week(s). “d”: day(s). “-“: Not given.