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Metastasis of thyroid carcinoma to the mandible: Case Report
Author(s) -
Anil S.,
Lal P. M.,
Gill D. S.,
Beena V. T.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
australian dental journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1834-7819
pISSN - 0045-0421
DOI - 10.1111/j.1834-7819.1999.tb00537.x
Subject(s) - mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , medicine , metastatic lesion , metastasis , differential diagnosis , thyroid , metastatic carcinoma , radiography , mandibular neoplasms , lesion , carcinoma , pathology , thyroid carcinoma , radiology , dentistry , maxilla , cancer , biology , botany , genus
Metastatic tumours to the jaw bones are uncommon. The incidence of jaw bone metastasis is difficult to assess accurately since the usual method to determine the distribution of a metastatic tumour has been by a radiographic skeletal survey in which the jaws are rarely included. At times, metastatic lesions of the orofacial region may be the first evidence of dissemination of a known tumour from its primary site. A case of metastatic follicular carcinoma of the thyroid to the mandible is presented. The present case emphasizes the importance of considering metastasis in the differential diagnosis of a radiolucent lesion in the mandible in a patient with a history of any malignant disease.