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Gingival Metastasis From a Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma: Case Report
Author(s) -
Piattelli Adriano,
Fioroni Massimiliano,
Rubini Corrado
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of periodontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.036
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1943-3670
pISSN - 0022-3492
DOI - 10.1902/jop.2000.71.1.112
Subject(s) - medicine , medullary cavity , thyroid , soft tissue , malignancy , metastasis , thyroid carcinoma , medullary carcinoma , oral mucosa , oral cavity , pathology , carcinoma , cancer , dentistry
Background: Metastatic tumors to the oral cavity are rare, representing about 1% of oral tumors, and they affect jaws more often than the oral soft tissues.Methods: Fifteen cases of metastases to the jaw bones from thyroid carcinoma were found in a recent review, with no cases located in the oral mucosa.Results: The authors describe the first cases of gingival metastasis from a thyroid medullary carcinoma.Conclusions: Periodontists must recognize oral soft tissue metastases because they can be the first sign of an undiscovered malignancy, and they can be easily mistaken with several different benign lesions. J Periodontol 2000;71:112‐116.