title: Mandibular metastasis in hepatocellular carcinoma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore, India.
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Doval
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kannan
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Kumaraswamy
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Bapsy
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Rao
mesh_terms: 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*