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Table 1 Clinicopathologic features of 7 patients with AdCCs of the tracheobronchial tree

From: A cytodiagnosis of adenoid cystic carcinoma of the tracheobronchial tree through a systematic clinical case comparison and analysis

No.

Age /sex

Smoke

Symptom

Site

Metastasis location

Original cytologic diagnosis

Histology

(AdCC)

1

42/F

No

Cough with sputum

Trachea

No

AdCC

Cribriform predominant

2

49/F

NA

Cough

Left main bronchus

No

Atypical cells

Cribriform predominant

3

53/M

Yes

Cough/Exertional dyspnea

Trachea

Lung

AdCC

Cribriform predominant

4

54/F

No

Wheezing

Carina

NA

Small cell carcinoma

Solid predominant

5

58/F

No

Cough with sputum/ Haemoptysis

Left main bronchus

Lung/ lymph node

Positive for malignant cells

Solid predominant

6

63/M

No

No

Left main bronchus

No

AdCC

Tubular predominant

7

71/F

Yes

Exertional dyspnea

Right main bronchus

lymph node

Positive for malignant cells

Cribriform predominant

  1. F Female, M Male, NA Not available