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Metastatic adenocarcinoma of the mandible
Author(s) -
McGoldrick D.M.,
Brady P.,
Sleeman D.
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.12257
Subject(s) - medicine , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , metastatic adenocarcinoma , presentation (obstetrics) , pathological , adenocarcinoma , biopsy , sigmoid colon , dentistry , surgery , radiology , pathology , cancer , rectum , botany , biology , genus
A 58‐year‐old gentleman presented to the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department having been referred by his dentist with a non‐healing post‐extraction socket. Examination revealed an intraoral mass and an associated suspected pathological fracture of the right body of the mandible. He had a background of metastatic adenocarcinoma of the sigmoid colon. Subsequent biopsy of the mandibular mass confirmed metastatic spread to the mandible, a rare presentation. The patient was managed conservatively given his extensive co‐morbidities.