title: Bronchogenic metastasis to the gingiva.
abstract: We report a rare case of a bronchogenic adenocarcinoma metastatic to the lower gingiva as the first clinical sign of metastatic disease. The following safe approach is recommended: a tumor in the oral cavity should be regarded as malignant or as a metastasis until the hypothesis can be abandoned.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Skejby Hospital, University Hospital of Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Staalsen
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Nielsen
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D005887:Gingival Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male