title: An unusual presentation of metastatic squamous carcinoma of tongue.
abstract: Distant metastases from head and neck carcinoma are becoming more common, with lung, bone and liver being the most frequent sites. We present an unusual case of a metastasis from a tongue primary presenting with severe abdominal pain and pseudo large bowel obstruction.
authors: Academic Surgical Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, U.K.
authors: L D
authors: LD
authors: Stone
authors: M L
authors: ML
authors: Harries
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*