Metastatic carcinoma to the mandible that mimicked pulpal/periodontal disease.

Publication/Presentation Date

4-1-1998

Abstract

An oral cavity metastasis from a poorly differentiated carcinoma, presumed to have originated in the pancreas, mimicked a dental abscess. An additional metastasis to the lung caused a postobstructive lobar pneumonia that masked the lesion, thereby delaying the diagnosis of malignancy. This case report illustrates how the clinical manifestations of a widely disseminated neoplasm led to initial medical confusion and subsequent dental misdiagnosis, and serves to caution of a possible pitfall in the dental evaluation of endodontic lesions.

Volume

24

Issue

4

First Page

267

Last Page

270

ISSN

0099-2399

Disciplines

Dentistry

PubMedID

9641133

Department(s)

Department of Dental Medicine

Document Type

Article

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