Author/Authors :
Santhosh Kumar, Caliaperoumal Departments of Oral Pathology - Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute - Kathirkamam, India , Shanmugam, Devakumari Department of Dentistry - Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute - Kathirkamam, India , Venkatapathy, Ramesh Department of Oral Pathology - Mahatma Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Dental Sciences - Pondicherry, India , Ibrahim Munshi, Meer Ahmed Oral Surgery - Sri Ramakrishna Dental College and Hospital - Coimbatore - Tamil Nadu, India
Abstract :
Metastasis to the oral region is very rare and accounts for less than 1% of oral malignant tumors.
Breast, lung, kidney, adrenal, gastro intestinal tract and prostates are most common primary tumors
from which metastasis to oral region occur frequently. Metastasis from thyroid gland is extremely
rare to oral region. We present an unusual case of metastatic follicular carcinoma of thyroid in
maxilla. The significance of this report is that the secondary lesion was the only symptom of the
primary tumor and helped us in diagnosis and treatment of disease.
Keywords :
Follicular carcinoma , maxilla , metastatic tumor , thyroid gland
