title: Skeletal metastases and bone marrow infiltration from squamous cell carcinoma of the buccal mucosa.
abstract: Distant metastasis from head and neck cancer is an extremely rare phenomenon. Squamous carcinomas of the buccal mucosa is not known to spread to distant organs. We report a case of buccal mucosal carcinoma with biopsy proven metastasis to bone and bone marrow.
authors.affiliation: Division of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum, India.
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Mathew
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jayasree
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Madhavan
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rajan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D002610:Cheek; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology*; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*