Carcinoma of the colon metastatic to the lower gingiva

A case of carcinoma of the colon that metastasized to the lower gingiva is described. The patient who had carcinoma of the colon developed a prolifera ting lesion at the site of a recent tooth extraction. A few days later, the primary site of the malignancy appeared. The clinical features in such cas es were reviewed in studies by others, most of which were of oral and denta l surgery. Thus, because of our case, gastroenterologists should consider t he possibility of gingival metastasis from malignant disease such as colore ctal cancer. Copyright (C) 2001 S. Karger AG, Basel.