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Primary salivary‐type lung cancers are rare tumors that include adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) and mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC). The clinicopathologic profiles, symptoms on presentation, and long‐term outcomes of patients with ACC and MEC as an overall group have not been defined recently.

In this study, the authors analyzed clinical outcome data from 62 patients who presented with a diagnosis of primary salivary‐type lung cancer at the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn) from 1972 to 2002.

The median age at diagnosis for patients with MEC was 40 years (range, 6–78 years); and, for patients ACC, the median age at diagnosis was 54 years (range, 21–76 years). ACC was observed more frequently among women and girls. The main presenting symptom for both tumors was cough (70%), followed by dyspnea (51.7%), wheezing (38.3%), obstructive pneumonia …