title: Isolated gingival metastasis from lung carcinoma.
abstract: Metastases to the gingiva are uncommon. They can be a diagnostic challenge clinically because of their rarity and tendency to mimic benign lesions. We present the case of an undifferentiated small cell lung carcinoma in a 76-year-old man whose left lower gum showed a lesion similar to pyogenic granuloma. Biopsy confirmed gingival metastasis of lung cancer. We make a differential diagnosis of proliferative lesions and metastatic tumors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Odontology, University of Murcia, Spain. majornet@um.es
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: López-Jornet
authors.forename: Gomez
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Camacho-Alonso
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005882:Gingival Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D005887:Gingival Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D017789:Granuloma, Pyogenic / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D055752:Small Cell Lung Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*