Mandibular metastasis in hepatocellular carcinoma.
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) presenting initially as a bony metastasis is rare. Involvement of maxillofacial bones is even more rare and only 20 cases have been reported. A case of a 65-year-old male patient presenting with metastasis to the mandible from a primary HCC is described.
Doval
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Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore, India.
Kannan
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Kumaraswamy
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Reddy
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BK
Bapsy
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Rao
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D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*