title: [Metastases of malignant tumor in the jaw. Analysis of 30 case reports].
abstract: 30 metastases of malignant tumors in jaws were retrospectively studied. They occurred more often in women than in men (17 F/13 H). In 21 cases, the primitive cancer was known and had been treated 1 to 4 years before. In the other cases (9), the bone metastasis led to the discovery of a latent tumor. Clinical signs and symptoms included swelling, pain, loosening of teeth, labio-mental anaesthesia and rarely pathologic fracture. Radiologically, all but two patients had radiolucent lesion. These metastases almost always involved the mandible (95% of cases) and in that bone, most often molar area and angle. Histologically, the majority of lesions were adenocarcinomas from breast (33%) and alimentary canal (stomach, colon). Epidermoid bronchial carcinomas were seen in 5 cases and malignant melanomas in 2 cases. Only one sarcoma of this series was arising from a liposarcoma of the thigh. In all but one patients, evolution was quickly lethal.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Anatomie pathologique, Hôpital de la Pitié, Paris.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Auriol
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chomette
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wann
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guilbert
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D004067:Digestive System Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007573:Jaw Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic
vernacular_title: Métastases dans les maxillaires de tumeurs malignes. Analyse de 30 observations.