CASE REPORTS
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
Emre DEMİRELa, Nurlan MAJİDOVa, Emel TAHİRa, Oğuz KUŞÇUb
aOndokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Samsun, Türkiye
bHacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ankara, Türkiye
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.
Keywords: Mouth neoplasms; neoplasm metastasis; thoracic vertebrae
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.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Ağız neoplazileri; neoplazm metastazı; torasik vertebra
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