Metastasis from breast cancer presenting as an epulis in the upper gingiva

Oral metastasis of breast cancer is less common than metastasis to other sites like the lung and liver. Breast cancer can metastasize to the oral cavity, with presentation like a benign oral lesion. We present an interesting case of breast cancer involving the gingiva with sparing of the underlying...

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Autores principales: Shah, Mita Y, Mehta, Ashok R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3162855/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21886997
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-029X.48756
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spelling pubmed-31628552011-09-01 Metastasis from breast cancer presenting as an epulis in the upper gingiva Shah, Mita Y Mehta, Ashok R J Oral Maxillofac Pathol Case Report Oral metastasis of breast cancer is less common than metastasis to other sites like the lung and liver. Breast cancer can metastasize to the oral cavity, with presentation like a benign oral lesion. We present an interesting case of breast cancer involving the gingiva with sparing of the underlying bone. Medknow Publications 2009 /pmc/articles/PMC3162855/ /pubmed/21886997 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-029X.48756 Text en © Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_fullStr Metastasis from breast cancer presenting as an epulis in the upper gingiva
title_full_unstemmed Metastasis from breast cancer presenting as an epulis in the upper gingiva
title_short Metastasis from breast cancer presenting as an epulis in the upper gingiva
title_sort metastasis from breast cancer presenting as an epulis in the upper gingiva
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3162855/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21886997
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