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Review
. 2004 Mar;97(3):359-68.
doi: 10.1016/S1079210403006127.

Oral metastasis of a hepatocellular carcinoma

Fábio Ramôa Pires  1 , Regina Sagarra, Maria Elvira Pizzigatti Corrêa, Cláudio Maranhão Pereira, Pablo Agustín Vargas, Márcio Ajudarte Lopes
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Oral metastasis of a hepatocellular carcinoma

Fábio Ramôa Pires et al. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 2004 Mar.

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma is a relatively common tumor that etiologically is closely linked to previous hepatitis B infection. Oral metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma is very rare, with only 61 cases reported in the literature. We describe a case of hepatocellular carcinoma metastatic to the anterior mandibular gingivae of a 60-year-old man. The patient also exhibited tumor metastases to the lungs, left knee, little finger of the left hand, scalp, and the skin of the neck. He died 6 months after the diagnosis of the oral metastasis because of systemic tumor dissemination.

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