LOBULAR ADENOCARCINOMA OF BREAST METASTATIC TO THE MANDIBULAR CONDYLE- REPORT OF A CASE AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Citation
Mf. Stavropoulos et Ra. Ord, LOBULAR ADENOCARCINOMA OF BREAST METASTATIC TO THE MANDIBULAR CONDYLE- REPORT OF A CASE AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, 75(5), 1993, pp. 575-578
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Pathology,Surgery,"Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
ISSN journal
00304220
Volume
75
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
575 - 578
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4220(1993)75:5<575:LAOBMT>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
A case of metastatic breast adenocarcinoma to the condyle in a 55-year -old white woman is reported. Highlights of this case presentation inc lude the rarity of reported metastatic lesions to the condyle, a negat ive bone scan 2 months before the bone biopsy, the existence of a path ologic fracture as the only persistent symptom of the lesion, initial symptoms suggestive of temporomandibular joint disorder, and the uncom mon type of breast carcinoma.