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A Rare Case of Metastasis of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Oral Cavity to Thoracic Vertebrae
Oral Kavite Skuamöz Hücreli Karsinomu Torasik Vertebra Metastazı: Nadir Bir Olgu
Received Date : 07 Jul 2024
Accepted Date : 03 Oct 2024
Available Online : 18 Oct 2024
Doi: 10.24179/kbbbbc.2024-104672 - Makale Dili: EN
Journal of Ear Nose Throat and Head Neck Surgery. 2025;33(1):41-4.
Copyright © 2020 by Turkey Association of Society of Ear Nose Throat and Head Neck Surgery. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
ABSTRACT
squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) has a low prevalence of hematogenous dissemination and typically spreads by direct extension and lymphatic metastases. In general, bone metastases from advanced cases of these carcinomas are unusual. We represent a 57- year-old patient with SCC of the lower jaw who has an aggressive oral SCC metastatic spreading the thoracic vertebrae. After the second surgery, the patient was followed up without locoregional recurrence. After the development of gait disturbance and falls, radiological examination revealed metastasis in the thoracic vertebrae. Pretreatment bone scans might be helpful in the identification of oral cavity carcinomas at the time of diagnosis to establish the treatment strategy in cases of recurrent disease. Patients with peripheric neuropathic symptoms associated with oral SCCs should have such metastases taken into account as part of their etiology.
ÖZET
Oral skuamöz hücreli karsinom (SCC) düşük bir hematojen yayılım olasılığına sahip olup genellikle doğrudan veya lenfatik metastazlarla yayılır. Genel olarak, bu karsinomların ilerlemiş vakalarında kemik metastazları nadirdir. Bu yazıda, alt çenesinde SCC’si olan ve torasik vertebralara metastatik yayılım gösteren agresif oral SCC’li 57 yaşında bir hasta sunulmuştur. İkinci ameliyattan sonra hasta lokorejyonel lüksasyon olmadan takip edildi. Yürüme bozukluğu ve düşmelerin gelişmesinden sonra radyolojik incelemede torasik vertebralarda metastaz saptandı. Tedavi öncesi kemik taramaları, tekrarlayan hastalık vakalarında tedavi stratejisini belirlemek için tanı anında oral kavite karsinomlarının tanımlanmasında yardımcı olabilir. Oral SCC’lerle ilişkili periferik nöropatik semptomları olan hastalarda etiyolojinin bir parçası olarak bu tür metastazlar göz önünde bulundurulmalıdır.
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