Open AccessMetastasis of carcinoma of buccal mucosa to small intestine causing ileal perforation
Author(s) -
Swanit Hemant Deshpande,
Sangeeta Kini,
Parag Ramesh Nawalkar,
Jayashri Sanjay Pandya
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr-2019-231449
Subject(s) - medicine , histopathology , perforation , basal cell , buccal mucosa , carcinoma , metastasis , pathology , buccal administration , abdomen , gastroenterology , surgery , cancer , oral cavity , dentistry , materials science , punching , metallurgy
Oral cancers rarely metastasize to the small intestines. In a previously operated case of squamous cell carcinoma of buccal mucosa without any known preoperative distant metastases, we report a case of solitary ileal perforation 3 months after the surgery. The edge of the ileal perforation was positive for squamous cell carcinoma on histopathology. It is important to remember metastases as a cause of acute abdomen in the prior history of oral malignancies.