An Unusual Presentation of Metastatic Colon Adenocarcinoma in the Oral Cavity
Background. A case report of a nonhealing ulcer of the tongue histologically proven to be adenocarcinoma. Method. A 92-year-old man underwent clinical, immunochemistry, and imaging investigation. Results. Tests confirmed a distant metastasis of a primary colorectal carcinoma. Conclusion. Metastasi...
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pubmed-33355322012-05-07 An Unusual Presentation of Metastatic Colon Adenocarcinoma in the Oral Cavity Bhaskaran, Abhilash Harding, Sam Courtney, David Case Report Background. A case report of a nonhealing ulcer of the tongue histologically proven to be adenocarcinoma. Method. A 92-year-old man underwent clinical, immunochemistry, and imaging investigation. Results. Tests confirmed a distant metastasis of a primary colorectal carcinoma. Conclusion. Metastasis from colorectal carcinoma to the oral cavity is primarily to bone, but non-healing ulcers of the oral cavity should be considered in differential diagnoses. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-07-07 /pmc/articles/PMC3335532/ /pubmed/22567436 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/357518 Text en Copyright © 2011 Abhilash Bhaskaran et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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An Unusual Presentation of Metastatic Colon Adenocarcinoma in the Oral Cavity |
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An Unusual Presentation of Metastatic Colon Adenocarcinoma in the Oral Cavity |
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An Unusual Presentation of Metastatic Colon Adenocarcinoma in the Oral Cavity |
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An Unusual Presentation of Metastatic Colon Adenocarcinoma in the Oral Cavity |
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An Unusual Presentation of Metastatic Colon Adenocarcinoma in the Oral Cavity |
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unusual presentation of metastatic colon adenocarcinoma in the oral cavity |
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Background. A case report of a nonhealing ulcer of the tongue histologically proven to be adenocarcinoma. Method. A 92-year-old man underwent clinical, immunochemistry, and imaging investigation. Results. Tests confirmed a distant metastasis of a primary colorectal carcinoma.
Conclusion. Metastasis from colorectal carcinoma to the oral cavity is primarily to bone, but non-healing ulcers of the oral cavity should be considered in differential diagnoses.
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