UPDATE:
diag is carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma
mixed benign and malignant tumor.

It's gotten a little smaller and less tender.

It's unusual because this tumor typically is much bigger and occurs in major salivary glands and mine is on the palate and minor salivary glands. They are still sticking with the original diagnosis but will examine the tissue again once removed.

Right now it seems that surgery itself would do the job and that radiation would not be required.
Use of obturator, flap or graft.

Resident feels that there is a very minor chance of it also being in the bone of hard palate in which case a small part of it would be removed.

They feel that everything should go fine and that the resulting cavity would fill with scar tissue with extremely small chance of complications like infection, velopharyngeal insufficiency, recurrence, incomplete resection.

Has anyone here had this particular tumor and surgery?

I assume the recommendation is still to go to a CCC.


Dx 10/06 Adenoid Cystic carcinoma; Stage I. Soft palate/minor salivary glands.
Tx surgery 11/06 Tomotherapy (targeted IMRT) 3/07