A case of non-small cell lung cancer that metastasized to the gingiva.
- Author:
Jong Shin WOO
1
;
Chi Hoon MAENG
;
Jae Jin LEE
Author Information
1. Division of Medical Oncology & Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. lj2lj2@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Non-small cell lung cancer;
Gingiva;
Metastasis
- MeSH:
Adenocarcinoma;
Breast;
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung*;
Cranial Fossa, Posterior;
Drug Therapy;
Femur;
Gingiva*;
Humans;
Kidney;
Lung;
Lung Neoplasms;
Middle Aged;
Mouth;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Pathology
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2007;73(6):661-665
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
About 5% of all malignancies involve the oral cavity. Metastatic cancers to the oral cavity from distant sites are very rare, and only a few cases have been reported in the clinical literature. The most common tumors that metastasize to the oral cavity originate in the breast, lung, and kidney. We recently experienced a patient who had a non-small cell lung cancer that metastasized to the gingiva. The patient was 56-year-old man. The disease status was a progressive condition, although the patient had received third-line chemotherapy. The patient had multiple bony metastases including vertebral bodies, femurs, and clivus as well as the gingival metastasis. The gingival tumor was histopathologically diagnosed as a poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma. The metastatic gingival tumor had the same pathology as the primary lung cancer.
