International Journal of Dental and Medical Specialty
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 1

Oral Soft Tissue Metastasize Ovarian Malignancy, Way to Other Hidden Malignancies: A Rare Case Report

1Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Institute of Dental Sciences, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India

2Department of Public Health Dentistry, Institute of Dental Sciences, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India

*Address for correspondence: Dr. Nupur Agarwal, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Institute of Dental Sciences, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India. Phone: +91-8937946494, E-mail: rupun48@gmail.com

Online published on 9 April, 2015.

Abstract

The metastasis of malignant tumors within the oral cavity always remains a rare clinical entity. Most metastatic tumors have the propensity for involving the mandible rather than the other oral soft tissues structures. Within, we describe an unusual case of ovarian malignancy that metastasized to the mandibular and involved the mandibular gingiva as an initial manifestation, and as per our best knowledge this is the second reported case until now. There is limited erudition regarding ovarian cancer metastatic and involving the oral cavity.

Keywords

Gingival metastasis, immunohistochemistry, ovarian malignancy