Metastatic neuroblastoma presenting as a mandibular mass.
Neuroblastoma is the third most common type of cancer seen in children, after leukemia and tumours of the central nervous system. Although bony metastasis to the skull and the orbits has been well described, metastasis to the mandible is exceptional; 32 cases have been reported. Two more are presented here, along with a short review of the topic emphasizing the radiographic features and the differential diagnosis.
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Department of Otolaryngology, McGill University, Montreal, Que.
Azouz
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al-Jedher
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Baruchel
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Bernstein
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Cotton
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Tewfik
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D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed