Panoramic radiography and computed tomography of metastatic breast carcinoma in the mandible: Report of a case

Author:

Ogura Ichiro1ORCID,Okada Yasuo2ORCID,Mizuhashi Fumi3ORCID,Mizuhashi Ryo4ORCID,Oohashi Makoto5ORCID,Saegusa Hisato4ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology The Nippon Dental University School of Life Dentistry at Niigata Niigata Niigata Japan

2. Department of Pathology The Nippon Dental University School of Life Dentistry at Niigata Niigata Niigata Japan

3. Department of Removable Prosthodontics The Nippon Dental University School of Life Dentistry at Niigata Niigata Niigata Japan

4. Comprehensive Dental Care The Nippon Dental University Niigata Hospital Niigata Niigata Japan

5. Department of Dental Anesthesiology The Nippon Dental University School of Life Dentistry at Niigata Niigata Niigata Japan

Abstract

AbstractBackgroundBreast carcinoma is a common tumor in women, but it rarely metastasizes to the oral region.Case presentationAn 83‐year‐old woman presented with numbness and pain on the right side of the mandible. The patient's medical history included breast cancer that was treated with surgery. Panoramic radiograph showed a radiolucency with ill‐defined margin in the right mandible. CT images showed an osteolytic lesion with cortical bone destruction in the right mandible. Histopathological diagnosis was invasive ductal carcinoma.ConclusionDental practitioner should be aware that metastatic tumor of the mandible may occur in the patient with breast cancer.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Otorhinolaryngology

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