A case of tongue metastasis of pancreatic cancer

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  • Miyazaki Takashi
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Kyushu University School of Medicine
  • Wakasaki Takahiro
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Kyushu University School of Medicine Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Kindai University School of Medicine
  • Jiromaru Rina
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Kyushu University School of Medicine
  • Matsuo Mioko
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Kyushu University School of Medicine
  • Nakagawa Takashi
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Kyushu University School of Medicine

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  • 膵癌舌転移の1例

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Metastasis to the oral cavity accounts for about 1％ of all oral malignancies. Among them, tongue metastasis of pancreatic cancer is considered to be extremely rare. We report a case of tongue metastasis of pancreatic cancer. The patient was a 56-year-old man with a chief complaint of tongue pain and a mass on the tongue. In year X, he underwent pancreatectomy for pancreatic cancer cT3N1aM0, Stage ⅡB. In year X＋2, mediastinal lymph node recurrence occurred, and palliative chemotherapy was started. The patient underwent a regimen change due to PD and radiotherapy to the mediastinal lesion, and the disease was stable thereafter. In year X＋4, a painful mass lesion appeared on the tongue. After several appropriate tests, he was diagnosed with tongue metastasis of pancreatic cancer. The tongue tumor tended to grow and worsening pain made oral intake difficult, so a partial tongue resection was performed as palliative treatment. As a result, the patient’s tumor-induced tongue pain and oral intake improved. This surgical treatment contributed to the improvement of QOL in the terminal stage of cancer.

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  • Stomato-pharyngology

    Stomato-pharyngology 37 (1), 48-54, 2024

    Japan Society of Stomato-pharyngology

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