Adenoid cistični karcinom javlja se u manje od 1% slučajeva tumora glave i vrata i čini otprilike 10% svih tumora žlijezda slinovnica. Ima dug klinički tijek, sporo raste te pokazuje sklonost multiplim recidivima i kasnim metastazama. Ipak preživljenje je dugo. U radu je prikazan slučaj bolesnice s adenoid cističnim karcinomom lijeve parotide kod koje je prvi simptom tumora bila pareza ličnoga živca što se javila dvije godine prije postavljanja konačne dijagnoze.
Adenoid cystic carcinoma appears in less than 1% of all head and neck tumour cases and makes up 10% of all salivary gland tumours. It develops and grows slowly, it is likely to occur again and form metastases in the end. However, one can live with it for quite a long time. The article deals with a patient suffering from adenoid cystic carcinoma of the left parotid. The first symptom was paresis of facial nerve, which appeard two years before final diagnosis could be made.