title: Isolated metastasis from hepatocellular carcinoma to the mandibular condyle with no evidence of any other metastases: a case report.
abstract: Regional metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common primary tumour of the liver to the mandible is rare. We present a case of a HCC metastasis to the mandibular condyle with no other extrahepatic metastases sites in a 59-year-old man. Incidental extrahepatic lesions in more uncommon sites should perhaps be investigated as potential areas for metastases, even if metastatic disease has not been found in the more common areas.
authors.affiliation: Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kohasu, Oko-cho, Nankoku-city, Kochi 783-8505, Japan. takaakikamatani@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Takaaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kamatani
authors.forename: Yukihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tatemoto
authors.forename: Yoshihisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tateishi
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008335:Mandibular Condyle / Q000473:pathology*; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D008875:Middle Aged; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed