Kumar Caliaperoumal Santhosh, Shanmugam Devakumari, Venkatapathy Ramesh, Munshi Meer Ahmed Ibrahim
Department of Oral Pathology, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Kathirkamam, India.
Department of Dentistry, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Kathirkamam, India.
Dent Res J (Isfahan). 2013 Nov;10(6):817-9.
Metastasis to the oral region is very rare and accounts for less than 1% of oral malignant tumors. Breast, lung, kidney, adrenal, gastro intestinal tract and prostates are most common primary tumors from which metastasis to oral region occur frequently. Metastasis from thyroid gland is extremely rare to oral region. We present an unusual case of metastatic follicular carcinoma of thyroid in maxilla. The significance of this report is that the secondary lesion was the only symptom of the primary tumor and helped us in diagnosis and treatment of disease.
口腔区域转移极为罕见，占口腔恶性肿瘤的比例不到1%。乳腺、肺、肾、肾上腺、胃肠道和前列腺是最常见的原发肿瘤，常发生转移至口腔区域。甲状腺转移至口腔区域极为罕见。我们报告一例上颌骨甲状腺滤泡癌转移的罕见病例。本报告的意义在于，继发病变是原发肿瘤的唯一症状，有助于我们对疾病进行诊断和治疗。
