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Metastasis in tongue from carcinoma of bronchus: a case report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Zaid Shehab
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Sandwell District General Hospital, London, West Bromwich, West Midlands B71 4HJ.
Sylvana Desousa
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Sandwell District General Hospital, London, West Bromwich, West Midlands B71 4HJ.
Ahmes L. Pahor*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Sandwell District General Hospital, London, West Bromwich, West Midlands B71 4HJ.
*
Mr Ahmes L. Pahor, City Hospital, Dudley Road, Birmingham B18 7QH.

Abstract

A case of carcinoma of the lung with a metastasis on the tongue is presented. The case is of interest because, although primary carcinomas of the tongue are fairly common accounting for 50 per cent of all oral carcinomas, metastatic tumour represents only one per cent of all malignant tumours of the oral cavity and of these only 0.2 per cent metastasize to the tongue.

Type
Clinical Records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1994

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