title: Metastatic Follicular Carcinoma Thyroid Masquerading as a Primary Jaw Tumor.
abstract: Metastatic tumours of the oral cavity are rare constituting approximately one percent of all oral malignancies. These tumors are clinically significant as their appearance may be the first indication of an undiscovered malignancy at a distant primary site or the first evidence of dissemination from a known primary tumor. Thyroid cancer metastasizing to the jaw bones is a rare occurrence and very few cases have been described in literature. We present an additional case which in fact masqueraded as a primary jaw tumor. Metastasis to jaw bones is generally associated with poor prognosis with a majority of the patients dying within 6 months of diagnosis. Thyroid cancers however seem to be an exception to this, resectable solitary jaw bone metastasis from differentiated thyroid cancers is associated with a much better prognosis and therefore should be considered for metastatectomy.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute (WIA), 38, Sardar Patel Rd, Adyar, Chennai, 600036 India.
authors.forename: Arvind
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krishnamurthy
authors.affiliation: Division of Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute (WIA), 38, Sardar Patel Rd, Adyar, Chennai, 600036 India.
authors.forename: Suhail
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Deen
authors.affiliation: Division of Preventive Oncology, Cancer Institute (WIA), 38, Sardar Patel Rd, Adyar, Chennai, 600036 India.
authors.forename: Vijayalakshmi
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ramshankar
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Cancer Institute (WIA), 38, Sardar Patel Rd, Adyar, Chennai, 600036 India.
authors.forename: Urmila
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Majhi
keywords: Jaw tumors; Metastatic follicular carcinoma thyroid; Prognosis