A case of malignant pleural mesothelioma with metastasis to the upper jaw

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  • SAWAKI Koichi
    Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Hiroshima City Hospital Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Reconstructive Surgery), Okayama University Hospital
  • OKAZAKI Fumihiko
    Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Hiroshima City Hospital Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Reconstructive Surgery), Okayama University Hospital
  • SATO Aki
    Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Hiroshima City Hospital
  • NAKANO Makoto
    Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Hiroshima City Hospital Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Reconstructive Surgery), Okayama University Hospital
  • TAKAGI Shin
    Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Hiroshima City Hospital Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Reconstructive Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • IIDA Seiji
    Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Reconstructive Surgery), Okayama University Hospital Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Reconstructive Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences

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  • 上顎に転移した悪性胸膜中皮腫の1例
  • ジョウガク ニ テンイ シタ アクセイ キョウマク チュウヒ シュ ノ 1レイ

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Abstract

Mesothelioma is a rare neoplasm that arises from the pleura or peritoneum. Although malignant mesothelioma is known to spread hematogenously, causing metastasis to various organs, there have been few reports on oral metastasis. The patient was a 75-year-old man who had an elastic soft mass, measuring 38 × 20 mm, in the right upper jaw gingiva. On biopsy the lesion was histopathologically diagnosed as a malignant pleural mesothelioma with metastasis to the upper jaw. The lesion shrank in response to radiotherapy. We have described a case of malignant pleural mesothelioma arising in the upper jaw gingiva. We discuss the related literature and summarize our findings.

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