Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3996390 | Oral Oncology Extra | 2006 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
SummaryOral metastatic tumours are rare, and the main site affected is the mandible, with only few reports in the soft tissues. We are reporting a case of non-small cell undifferentiated carcinoma of the lung in a 52-year-old man, which developed metastasis to the vertebra, adrenal and upper vestibular gingiva. Clinically, the oral lesion mimicked a pyogenic granuloma. The biopsy established the gingival metastasis from lung cancer and after two weeks the patient died. This article showed a rare case of metastatic lung carcinoma to the gingiva and emphasized the differential diagnosis between proliferative lesions and metastatic tumours.
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Authors
Graziella Chagas Jaguar, José Divaldo Prado, Fernando Soares, Fábio A. Alves, Cynthia Aparecida Toleda Osório,