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OBJECTIVE To study the diagnosis and treatment of parotid acinic cell carcinoma. METHODS The clinical data of 19 cases with parotid acinic cell carcinoma treated from 1985 to 2007 were retrospectively reviewed.Four patients underwent superficial parotidectomy,5 patients underwent total parotidectomy,6 patients underwent superficial parotidectomy plus partial deep parotidectomy,6 patients underwent total parotidectomy and neck dissection.Eight patients received postoperative radiotherapy.One patient only received radical radiotherapy after biopsy.All patients were followed up for 1 to 20 years.RESULTS Nobody died after operation.Five cases recurred after operation, and the recurrence rate was 26.3%(5/19) CONCLUSION The main treatment for parotid acinic cell carcinoma is complete resection and postoperative radiotherapy.