A case of carcinoma of the sigmoid colon metastatizing to the maxillary gingiva

• KOIZUMI Koichi

  Department of Molecular Oral Medicine and Maxillofacial Surgery, Division of Frontier Medical Science, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University

• HAYASHIDO Yasutaka

  Department of Molecular Oral Medicine and Maxillofacial Surgery, Division of Frontier Medical Science, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University

• YOSHIOKA Yukio

  Department of Molecular Oral Medicine and Maxillofacial Surgery, Division of Frontier Medical Science, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University

• HARA Jun-ichi

  Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, JA Onomichi General Hospital

• OKAMOTO Tetsuji

  Department of Molecular Oral Medicine and Maxillofacial Surgery, Division of Frontier Medical Science, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 上顎歯肉に転移した大腸癌の１例

Abstract

Metastatic tumors of the oral region are rare, representing about 1 % of malignant tumors in the oral cavity. In this article, we report a case of carcinoma of the sigmoid colon that metastasized to the maxillary gingiva and review of literature. A 69-year-old man underwent extraction of the right first and second molars of the maxilla, and a rapidly proliferating lesion developed at the site. The patient had previously undergone surgical excision of adenocarcinoma of the sigmoid colon. Histological examination of the oral lesion revealed adenocarcinoma similar to the previous lesion in the colon. Moreover, the serum levels of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and carbohydrate antigen (CA) 19-9 were elevated. These findings suggested that the oral lesion was a metastatic adenocarcinoma from the sigmoid colon. Although computerized tomographic scans showed metastatic lesions of the liver and lung, the gingival tumor was excised to improve dysphagia induced by the rapidly growing tumor. He died of respiratory arrest 4 months after surgery.

Journal

• Japanese Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

  Japanese Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 50 (6), 396-399, 2004

  Japanese Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons

Keywords

• carcinoma of the sigmoid colon
• upper gingiva
• metastatic adenocarcinoma

Details

• CRID: 1390282681509023616
• NII Article ID: 10018619864
• NII Book ID: AN00189163
• DOI: 10.5794/jjoms.50.396
• ISSN: 21861579
• ISSN: 00215163
• Web Site: https://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/2004272945
• Text Lang: ja
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