title: Mandible bone metastases secondary to pulmonary adenocarcinoma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Metastatic tumors of the mandible are rare and usually present clinically as growths. The prognosis of lung cancer patients with bone metastases is poor.
  
  
  METHODS
  This article shows a metastasis from adenocarcinoma of the lung affecting the mandible of a 75-year-old female patient where the metastatic lesion was detected before primary tumor. The patient were treated with radiation therapy with palliative and antalgic intent. But the patient died 8 weeks after the diagnosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Radiation therapy was effective and well tolerated in the case. Bone metastases particularly mandible metastasis of lung cancer has poor prognosis. Palliative and supportive therapy may be firstly chose because of poor prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chest Diseases, Medical Faculty, Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nigar
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dirican
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Isparta State Hospital, Isparta, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sedat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gunes
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Isparta State Hospital, Isparta, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yeliz
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Karakaya
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical Faculty, Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey.
authors.forename: Vildan
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kaya
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Suleyman Demirel Hospital, Isparta, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sureyya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cerci
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, Isparta State Hospital, Isparta, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dirican
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D000077192:Adenocarcinoma of Lung; D000368:Aged; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000556:secondary*; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy*
keywords: Lung cancer; Mandible metastases; Prognosis