Finding the Way Back Home: Report of 2 Cases of Oral Metastasis

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Madhur Sharma Anjali Narwal Anju Devi Mala Kamboj

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Madhur Sharma
Post Graduate Student, Department of Oral maxillofacial Pathology and Microbiology, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India

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Around 1-1.5 % of all malignant tumors in oral cavity are caused by metastatic dissemination to this region. Lung, kidney, breast, bone and colorectal regions are primary sites which act as source of metastases to oral cavity. Similarly, metastasis from primary oral malignancy to distant sites is not uncommon with metastasis mainly occurring to lung, followed by bone and liver. Here we report 2 cases showing different primary origins but presentation in oral cavity being the first symptom. One case is of an 82 year old male with a complaint of swelling in right mandible and a diagnosis of prostatic adenocarcinoma metastasizing to oral cavity was established. The other case presented here is of a 42 year old male with pain and swelling in right mandible. The diagnosis of adenoid cystic carcinoma was made and a full body scan helped in early identification of metastatic deposits in lung. Despite the infrequent occurrence of metastases in oral region, dental surgeon should be aware of the possibilities for correct diagnostic conduction and subsequently, the initiation of treatment in early stages of disease.

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Case Report

Publication history

Received: Mon 05, Jun 2023
Accepted: Thu 06, Jul 2023
Published: Fri 28, Jul 2023

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© 2023 Madhur Sharma. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.DOBCR.2023.01.01