Bronchogenic carcinoma presenting as a periapical infection.
This case report describes a metastatic bronchogenic deposit involving the lower lip and the adjacent bone in the lower incisor region. The presenting symptoms were very similar to those of a dentoalveolar infection and extraction of the lower incisor teeth failed to provide any relief. Comparison of radiographs taken 6 months earlier suggested that the metastatic deposit very probably spread from the lower labial sulcus into a site of periapical infection, involving the lower incisors and the adjacent bone.
Department of Oral Surgery and Pathology, United Medical School, Guy's Hospital, London.
S V
SV
Seddon
E G
EG
Absi
J P
JP
Shepherd
D000368:Aged; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*; D010482:Periapical Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis*