[A case of hepatocellular carcinoma with metastasis to gingival mucosa]

Taehan Kan Hakhoe Chi. 2002 Dec;8(4):495-9.
[Article in Korean]

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma is one of the most common causes of death in Koreans. Most cases of hepatocellular carcinoma are beyond the stage of curative resection at the time of diagnosis due to extrahepatic metastasis as well as wide distribution of tumor in the liver. The lung is the most common site of extrahepatic metastasis but metastasis to gingiva is very rare in hepatocellular carcinoma. We report a case hepatocellular carcinoma with gingival metastasis in a 59 year old male patient.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / secondary*
  • Gingival Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged