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Metastatic paraganglioma presenting in the oral cavity as the initial manifestation
Author(s) -
Ekanayake K.,
Ekanayake M.,
Tilakaratne W.M.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
oral surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.156
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 1752-248X
pISSN - 1752-2471
DOI - 10.1111/ors.12235
Subject(s) - medicine , paraganglioma , clavicle , histopathology , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , scapula , oral cavity , metastasis , presentation (obstetrics) , skull , lesion , radiology , surgery , pathology , cancer , dentistry , botany , biology , genus
Paragangliomas are tumours arising from pheochromocytes. Malignant variants are rare. We report of a rare metastasis to mandible of a paraganglioma. This patient also had evidence of metastases to the skull, clavicle, scapula and neck. The diagnosis was based on the histopathology of the oral lesion and a neck node. The disease progressed rapidly and the patient died within a few months from initial presentation. We believe that this is only the third time the metastasis of a paraganglioma to the mandible has been reported.