Oral metastasis of breast carcinoma diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology. A case report.
BACKGROUND
Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is an important technique in the diagnosis of oral and maxillofacial conditions. The purpose of the present paper is to report a case of oral metastasis of breast carcinoma diagnosed by FNAC.


METHODS
A 45-year-old, black woman was referred for evaluation of symptomatic swelling in the left mandible. The medical history revealed that the patient had undergone extensive surgery to remove a lobular carcinoma. She had finished chemotherapy treatment about 5 months earlier. Due to the main diagnostic considerations of metastatic and inflammatory disease, FNAC was performed. The cytologic picture was consistent with a metastatic glandular neoplasm.


CONCLUSIONS
FNAC is a safe, reliable, cost-effective and easy procedure and sometimes eliminates the need for open biopsy.
Guimarães
André Luiz
AL
Department of Oral Surgery and Pathology, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Perdigão
Paôlla Freitas
PF
Siqueira
Fernanda Mafra
FM
Castro
Wagner Henriques
WH
Gomez
Ricardo Santiago
RS
D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000473:pathology; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000556:secondary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000473:pathology*; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000473:pathology; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D016312:Treatment Refusal