title: Hepatocellular carcinoma metastasis to the maxilla: a rare case.
abstract: The manifestation of metastatic malignant disease in the oral cavity can present in a number of ways and may mimic benign conditions. This case reports a rare presentation from a metastasis of a hepatocellular carcinoma that had invaded the attached gingiva of the maxilla and which on initial inspection could have been misdiagnosed as a pyogenic granuloma. With the advent of new classes of drugs to manage this disease it could be expected that this presentation may become more common.
authors: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Westmead Hospital, Hawkesbury Road, Westmead, NSW 2145. agreenstein@doctors.org.uk
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Greenstein
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Witherspoon
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Iqbal
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Coleman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000556:secondary*; D005887:Gingival Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D017789:Granuloma, Pyogenic / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: Oral pathology; hepatocellular carcinoma