Oral metastasis of a hepatocellular carcinoma

Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 2004 Mar;97(3):359-68. doi: 10.1016/S1079210403006127.

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma is a relatively common tumor that etiologically is closely linked to previous hepatitis B infection. Oral metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma is very rare, with only 61 cases reported in the literature. We describe a case of hepatocellular carcinoma metastatic to the anterior mandibular gingivae of a 60-year-old man. The patient also exhibited tumor metastases to the lungs, left knee, little finger of the left hand, scalp, and the skin of the neck. He died 6 months after the diagnosis of the oral metastasis because of systemic tumor dissemination.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Bone Neoplasms / secondary
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / secondary*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Gingival Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary
  • Male
  • Mandibular Neoplasms / secondary
  • Middle Aged
  • Skin Neoplasms / secondary