Open AccessFrom esophagus to gingiva: A rare case of metastatic adenocarcinoma
Author(s) -
Dhaval Mehta,
Durgesh N Bailoor,
Vivek Muljibhai Tarsariya,
Biren Parikh
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology/journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.455
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1998-393X
pISSN - 0973-029X
DOI - 10.4103/0973-029x.102509
Subject(s) - medicine , esophagus , adenocarcinoma , biopsy , histopathological examination , metastasis , lesion , physical examination , pathology , abscess , radiology , surgery , cancer
Localized gingival enlargement is often associated with systemic medications, abscess formation, trauma, or reactive lesions. Very few reports are available reporting enlargement of gingiva due to metastasis of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus. A case of localized gingival growth affecting right maxillary and mandibular gingiva was reported in a 60-year-old male patient in which excisional biopsy of the lesion was done. Histopathological examination showed metastatic signet ring cell adenocarcinoma, which on further examination showed lower one-third of esophagus as the primary site of metastasis.