A Case of Small Cell Lung Cancer Metastasis to the Gingiva / 결핵
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
;
: 65-69, 2001.
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in Korean
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| ID: wpr-20540
ABSTRACT
The incidence of lung cancer and its mortality rate are increasing in Korea. At the time of diagnosis, 40% patients of lung cancer patients had metastatic lesions. The common metastatic sites are the contralateral lung, bone, liver, adrenal gland and the brain. Metastasis to oral mucosa is rarely encountered in lung cancer and metastasis to the gingiva is more uncommon. Approximately 1% of malignant carcinomas in the oral cavity are the result of metastases, and 10-25% of metastatic cancers originate from lung cancer. Clinically metastatic gingival lesions are benign including hemangioma, pyogenic granuloma, giant-cell granuloma or a peripheral fibroma. Often metastases to the gingiva are diagnosed too late and by the time they are detected, they have metastases to other organs. Here we report a case of small cell lung carcinoma that had metastased to the gingiva with review of relevant literature.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Brain
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Incidence
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Mortality
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Adrenal Glands
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Granuloma, Pyogenic
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Diagnosis
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Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
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Fibroma
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Gingiva
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Granuloma
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Incidence study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
Year:
2001
Type:
Article
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