Distant Skin Metastases from Carcinoma Buccal Mucosa: A Rare Presentation

Cancer of the oral cavity makes up approximately 30% of all head and neck region tumors. Skin metastasis is rare with an incidence ranging between 0.7% and 2.4%. Skin metastasis usually occurs in the neck, scalp, and over the skin near the primary site. We report a patient with carcinoma left buccal...

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Autores principales: Srinivasan, Shashank, Leekha, Nitin, Gupta, Sweety, Mithal, Umang, Arora, Vandana, De, Sudarsan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
Materias:
E-IJD Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4966425/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27512210
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.185764
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Sumario:Cancer of the oral cavity makes up approximately 30% of all head and neck region tumors. Skin metastasis is rare with an incidence ranging between 0.7% and 2.4%. Skin metastasis usually occurs in the neck, scalp, and over the skin near the primary site. We report a patient with carcinoma left buccal mucosa who presented with distant skin metastases to the right side chest wall.

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