An unusual presentation of metastatic squamous carcinoma of tongue.
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.
Stone
L D
LD
Academic Surgical Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, U.K.
Harries
M L
ML
D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*