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Abstract
A rare instance of metastasis to the mandible from a primary bronchogenic carcinoma
has been described. As a forerunner to the fatal course of the disease, symptoms mimicking
a “gumboil” caused an investigation sequence which led to a diagnosis of lung cancer.
The neoplastic cells invading mandibular bone were identified as mucus-secreting cells
of an adenocarcinoma. Roentgenograms revealed the existence of an asymptomatic primary
lung tumor.
The frequency of metastatic bone invasion in bronchogenic carcinoma was reported and
compared with bone metastases of other primary carcinomas. Radiographic features of
the metastatic bone lesions, as well as the identification of cell types and their
frequency in primary lung cancer and in metastases to bone, were discussed.
With the rising incidence of lung cancer, metastatic invasion from bronchogenic carcinoma
must be considered in the differential diagnosis of all osteolytic lesions found in
the jaws.
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☆Reviewed by the Veterans Administration and published with the approval of the Chief Medical Director. The statements and conclusions published by the author are a result of his own study and do not necessarily reflect the opinion or policy of the Veterans Administration.
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