Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of Metastatic Adenocarcinoma of the Gingiva from the Lung: A Case Report

Metastases of malignant tumors to the oral region from distant sites are uncommon. A 45-year-old man with painless gingival swelling was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma of the lung. On cytology, clusters of tumor cells on mucous background revealed enlarged nuclei, indistinct cell borders, and irregul...

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Autores principales: You, Tack Kune, Kim, So Ri, Park, Ho Sung, Jang, Kyu Yun, Moon, Woo Sung, Chung, Myoung Ja, Lee, Dong Geun, Kang, Myoung Jae
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Pathologists and The Korean Society for Cytopathology 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3479710/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23109988
http://dx.doi.org/10.4132/KoreanJPathol.2012.46.1.101
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Sumario:Metastases of malignant tumors to the oral region from distant sites are uncommon. A 45-year-old man with painless gingival swelling was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma of the lung. On cytology, clusters of tumor cells on mucous background revealed enlarged nuclei, indistinct cell borders, and irregular nuclear membranes. Some cells showed nuclear inclusions, nuclear grooves and small nucleoli. These findings are indicative of metastatic adenocarcinoma. We present a case of gingival metastasis from a lung adenocarcinoma.

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