Acinic cell carcinoma differential diagnosis

Overview
Acinic cell carcinoma is one slow growing type cancer of the salivary gland tumor.

Diseases with similar symptoms

 * Parotitis
 * Parotid gland    benign tumor
 * Mucoepidermoid carcinoma

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