title: [Gingival metastasis from the lung through a needle and a pin: a case report].
abstract: Gingival metastases are very rare. We report the case of a 47 year-old man presenting with a gingival metastasis from a non small cell lung carcinoma. According to the literature, the most probable way of spread of such metastasis is haematogenous. Local implantation of cancer cells, present in patient's expectorations, in a fragile gingiva may be an other pathway of lung cancer metastasizing in this region as we will try to describe in this case report. Cytological and/or histological investigation is needed to assess the malignant and the metastatic character of these gingival lesions. A rapid regression is observed after a flash of external beam radiation; nevertheless metastasis prognosis depends on the primary tumour progress.
authors.affiliation: Service de radiothérapie carcinologique, Institut Salah-Azaïz, Tunis, Tunisie. hentati_dalenda@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hentati
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chraiet
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kochbati
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maalej
mesh_terms: D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology*; D005887:Gingival Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage