Table 1: Systematic review of case reports and case series describing patients with salivary gland acinic cell carcinoma with intracranial metastases. “n” number of patients described in the study, the sex (M = male, F = female) and age of included patients, their presenting symptoms, location of metastasis, treatment, and time intervals from initial ACC diagnosis to treatment and from treatment to last follow-up were recorded.
Author |
n |
Sex/Age (Years) |
Presentation |
Location of Metastasis |
Interval from ACC Diagnosis |
Treatment |
Interval from Treatment to Last Follow-Up |
Buiret, et al. [4] |
1 |
62F |
Not specified |
Left petrous bone |
8 years |
Radiotherapy |
30 months |
Lesniak, et al. [5] |
1 |
46F |
Right homonymous hemianopsia |
Left occipital lobe |
3 years |
Surgery |
Not specified |
Magliulo, et al. [6] |
1 |
43F |
Right-sided facial paresis |
Right petrous bone |
5 years |
Surgery, radiotherapy |
Not specified |
Saleh, et al. [7] |
1 |
54F |
Left-sided blurred vision, diplopia |
Left orbit |
1 year |
Surgery, radiotherapy |
11 months |
Spencer, et al. [8] |
1 |
47F |
Headache, left-sided blurred vision, expressive aphasia |
Left temporal fossa |
31 years |
Not specified |
1 year |
Thottian, et al. [9] |
1 |
62M |
Headache, visual deficit |
Bilateral cavernous sinus |
10 years |
Radiotherapy, palliative chemotherapy |
1 year |
Yildirim, et al. [10] |
1 |
28F |
Headache, diplopia, ptosis |
Right cavernous sinus |
3 years |
Surgery, palliative chemotherapy |
18 months |