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Acinic cell carcinomas arise most frequently in the parotid gland.

Fewer than 1% of malignancies beginning in the lower respiratory tract are acinic cell carcinomas.

Acinic cell carcinoma is a tumor most commonly found in the parotid gland.

Acinic cell carcinoma appears in all age groups, but presents at a younger median age (approx.

The malignant lesions include adenocarcinoma, undifferentiatedcarcinoma, acinic cell carcinomas, and mucoepidermoid carcinoma.

Acinic cell carcinoma of the lung is a very rare malignant neoplasm originating from bronchial glands.

The pancreatic form of acinic cell carcinoma is a rare subtype of exocrine pancreatic cancer.

Prognosis is good for acinic cell carcinoma of the parotid gland, with 5-yr survival rates approaching is 90%, and 20-year survival exceeding 50%.

Acinic cell carcinoma of the lung is a very rare variant of lung cancer that, in this organ, is classified among the salivary gland-like carcinoma of the lung.

Cancers of the pancreas may be classified as adenocarcinomas, squamous cell carcinomas, acinic cell carcinomas, liposarcomas, lymphomas, papillary-cystic carcinomas, pancreatoblastomas, malignant insulinomas, glucagonomas, and gastrinomas.

The histologic differential diagnosis includes mucoepidermoid carcinoma (clear cell variant), acinic cell carcinoma (clear cell variant), epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma and metastatic clear cell carcinoma.

The prognosis of an acinic cell carcinoma originating in the lung is much more guarded than cases of this rare histotype occurring in most other organs, but is still considerably better than for other types of lung cancer.