An Unusual Malignancy Associated with the Mandible: A Case Report

Carcinomas in the mouth and jaws usually arises from the epithelium lining of the oral cavity or the salivary gland tissue. It may arise within the mandible as a metastatic lesion from primary tumor in the breast, thyroid, kidney or lungs. However carcinoma arising as a primary tumor within the mandible is very rare. Here we report such a rare case of malignancy arising de novo in the mandible.