Jaw and pulpal metastasis of an adrenal neuroblastoma.
Hematogenous spread of malignant tumors to the dental pulp is very rare. A case of adrenal neuroblastoma in a 71/2-year-old boy which metastasized to the mandible and dental pulp is described. Tumor cells were found within the pulpal blood vessels of a deciduous molar tooth.
D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D003782:Dental Pulp / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography