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Metastatic colon carcinoma to oral soft tissues
Author(s) -
Bhutani Manoop S.,
Pacheco Jaime
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
special care in dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.328
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1754-4505
pISSN - 0275-1879
DOI - 10.1111/j.1754-4505.1992.tb00439.x
Subject(s) - medicine , soft tissue , metastasis , oral cavity , pathology , primary tumor , adenocarcinoma , lung , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , lesion , maxilla , carcinoma , cancer , anatomy , dentistry , botany , genus , biology
Metastatic tumors to the oral cavity are uncommon. Most of these cases involve the mandible or the maxilla. Rarely, metastasis occurs to the oral soft tissues from a distant primary tumor. The lung and breast are the most common primary sites. It is extremely rare to have an oral soft‐tissue metastasis from a carcinoma of the colon. A case of primary adenocarcinoma of the colon with metastasis to the soft tissues of the mouth is described. Three similar case reports are reviewed. A metastatic lesion to the oral cavity could be the first indication of the presence of a primary tumor.