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Case Reports
. 2023 Mar 13;15(3):e36074.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.36074. eCollection 2023 Mar.

Parotid Acinic Cell Carcinoma as a Presentation of Birt-Hogg-Dube Syndrome

Jason Xin  1 , Aaron Goffinet  1 , Steven Machusko  1 , Ramy Shoela  1
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Parotid Acinic Cell Carcinoma as a Presentation of Birt-Hogg-Dube Syndrome

Jason Xin et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome (BHD) is a rare autosomal dominant disease classically associated with fibrofolliculomas, pulmonary cysts, spontaneous pneumothorax, and renal cancers. Information about its manifestation aside from the ones listed prior is limited. There have been several reports of BHD associated with parotid oncocytomas and rare benign epithelial tumors. Here, we report the first known case of BHD in association with parotid acinic cell carcinoma, a rare low-grade malignant tumor of salivary glands.

Keywords: acinic cell carcinoma; bhd; birt-hogg-dube; oncocytoma; parotid tumor.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. CT chest without contrast showing multiple large bullae without focal consolidation, pleural effusion, or focal pleural thickening.
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