Metástasis mandibular por carcinoma hepáticoun infrecuente caso con severa hemorragia

  1. Junquera Gutiérrez, Luis Manuel
  2. Rodríguez Recio, Cristian
  3. Torre, Aintza
  4. Sánchez Mayoral, Jacobo
  5. Fresno Forcelledo, Manuel Florentino
Journal:
Medicina oral

ISSN: 1137-2834

Year of publication: 2004

Volume: 9

Issue: 4

Pages: 345-349

Type: Article

More publications in: Medicina oral

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is quite uncommon in Europe and USA, although in this last country more than 13,000 new cases are diagnosed every year. Mandibular metastases are unusual, with only 50 cases documented. In this article, we present a 54 year-old male patient with a metastasis of HCC in right mandibular body, one year after treating the primary tumor. Curettage and biopsy of the lesion was performed, followed by a profuse hemorrhage. The patient expired six months after the biopsy, with multiple metastases. We describe the different paths for hematogenic dissemination of the process.