label: Salivary Gland Acinic Cell Carcinoma
label_lc: salivary gland acinic cell carcinoma
description: A carcinoma of the salivary gland characterized by serous acinar cell differentiation.  The vast majority of cases occur in the parotid gland.  It usually presents as a slowly enlarging mass.  A minority of patients experience pain.  It may recur or metastasize.  Multiple recurrences and metastasis to cervical lymph nodes are usually associated with a poor prognosis.