Rajinikanth M, Prakash A Ravi, Swathi T Rukmini, Reddy Sreenivas
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, G Pulla Reddy Dental College and Hospital, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, G Pulla Reddy Dental College and Hospital, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India.
J Oral Maxillofac Pathol. 2015 Sep-Dec;19(3):385-8. doi: 10.4103/0973-029X.174624.
Oral cavity is an uncommon site for metastasis and is usually an evidence of widespread disease. The clinical presentation of the metastatic lesions differs between the various sites in the oral region. Metastatic tumors account for 1-3% of all oral malignancies. The jawbones, particularly the mandibular molar area is more frequently affected than the oral soft tissues (2:1). Here, we report a case of a 60-year-old male patient with metastasis from lung to the mandible, where the metastasis was detected before primary tumor.
