title: Metastatic follicular thyroid carcinoma to the mandible: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Metastatic lesions to the oro-facial region may be the first evidence of dissemination of an unknown tumour from its primary site.
  
  
  METHODS
  We described a case of metastatic follicular thyroid carcinoma to the mandible presenting with pain and loosening of teeth in a 70 years old female patient leading to extraction of the loose teeth.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The present case emphasizes the importance of considering metastasis in the differential diagnosis of swelling related to loosening of teeth, even though the patient had no history of any malignant disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology & Oral Medicine, Hospital Sultan Abdul Halim, Sungai Petani, Kedah, Malaysia. i_sumairi@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Sumairi Bin
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Ismail
authors.forename: Mannil Thomas
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Abraham
authors.forename: Zuraiza Binti
authors.initials: ZB
authors.lastname: Zaini
authors.forename: Hashim Bin
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Yaacob
authors.forename: Rosnah Binti
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Zain