Skeletal metastases and bone marrow infiltration from squamous cell carcinoma of the buccal mucosa.
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.
Mathew
B S
BS
Division of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum, India.
Jayasree
K
K
Madhavan
J
J
Nair
M K
MK
Rajan
B
B
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*