Open AccessMandibular metastasis in a patient with follicular carcinoma of thyroid
Author(s) -
Chetan Bhadage,
Sagar Vaishampayan,
Hemant R Umarji
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
contemporary clinical dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.289
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 0976-237X
pISSN - 0976-2361
DOI - 10.4103/0976-237x.96835
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , thyroid , metastatic lesion , metastasis , follicular carcinoma , thyroid carcinoma , pathology , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , carcinoma , lesion , follicular phase , cancer , papillary carcinoma , biology , botany , genus
Mandibular metastasis due to thyroid carcinoma is not very frequent and the cases described in the literature are few. Due to its bloodstream dissemination, most of them are a consequence of the follicular variant of thyroid carcinomas. We are presenting a case in which the metastatic lesion of mandible was detected before diagnosis of primary malignancy.