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Case report
Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the labium oris with rare metastasis to the pleural cavity
  1. Osama Mosalem1,2,
  2. Anas Alsara3,
  3. Fawzi Abu Rous4 and
  4. Borys Hrinczenko5
  1. 1Department of Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
  2. 2Department of Medicine, Sparrow Health System, Lansing, Michigan, USA
  3. 3Hematology and Oncology, MidMichigan Health, Michigan State Unviersity, Midland, Michigan, USA
  4. 4Hematology and Oncology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA
  5. 5Hematology and Oncology, Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Osama Mosalem; Mosalemo{at}msu.edu

Abstract

A 57-year-old Southeast Asian woman with a remote history of adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) of the right labium superius oris (upper lip) presented to the hospital with vague epigastric pain. On workup, she was found to have multiple pleural nodules. Histopathology confirmed the diagnosis of metastatic ACC. After 8 months of active surveillance, evidence of disease progression was found and the patient was started on pembrolizumab. Follow-up after starting pembrolizumab showed stable disease with no significant side effects.

  • malignant disease and immunosuppression
  • head and neck cancer
  • cancer intervention

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-237622

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors OM and AA created the initial manuscript. BH and FAR reviewed and edited the manuscript.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent for publication Next of kin consent obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.