ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA OF THE LACRIMAL GLAND IN A 6-YEAR-OLD GIRL

A 6-year-old white female was found to have an adenoid cystic carcinom a originating in a lacrimal gland. Eighteen months following diagnosis , the tumor recurred. Conservative surgery has been the sole mode of t herapy. To date, after four operations and quadrimenstral imaging surv eillance, there is no sign of disease progression. Our purpose is to r ecord the unusual occurrence of an adenoid cystic carcinoma of the lac rimal gland in a child. An interim report, 32 months after diagnosis, is presented.