[Maxillary metastasis revealing a prostate cancer].
METHODS
A 57 year-old-man presented with a maxillary tumor which proved to be an adenocarcinoma. The prostate was hard and PSA were high. Biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of metastatic prostatic adenocarcinoma. Evolution was fatal despite a medico-surgical treatment.


CONCLUSIONS
Facial bone metastases are rare comparatively to the high metastatic incidence in the rest of the skeleton.
El Khatib
K
K
Service de chirurgie plastique maxillofaciale et stomatologie, hôpital militaire d'Instruction Mohammed-V, BP 10100, Rabat, Maroc. kelkhatib@gmail.com
Moufid
K
K
Abouchadi
A
A
Nassih
M
M
Rzin
A
A
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D008875:Middle Aged; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000097:blood; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen