Mandibular metastasis revealed papillary thyroid carcinoma: Rare case

Abstract

HighlightsMandibular metastasis of thyroid cancer are rare and the initial metastases revealing papillary carcinoma are exceptional.Few cases are reported in the literature.Due to their rarities and relative lack of data on their management, there is no clearly defined processing algorithm.

Mandibular Metastasis of Silent Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Rare Case Report with Review of the Literature

“…Our literature review of metastatic thyroid carcinomas (PTC and FV-PTC variant) to the oral cavity (with sufficient information) resulted in 26 cases from 16 articles including our case. The demographic features are summarized and presented in Table 1 [2,5,[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]. The mean age was 54.4 (ranging from 13 to 69 years).…”

Metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma of the mandible: Case report and literature review

“…Mandible, maxilla and oral soft tissue are more affected sites by metastatic cancer with predilection for mandible and gingiva. [ 4 7 ] Almost 41% of facial bones metastasis from thyroid cancer occurs in the mandible. [ 9 21 ] Maxillary metastasis is rare and less than one-fifth of all jaw metastatic tumors.…”

“…[ 1 2 ] Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), a well-differentiated tumor, is the most common histological subtype including 80%–90% of all thyroid cancer. [ 3 4 ]…”

“…It is generally an asymptomatic, slow-growing nodule with desirable prognosis. [ 2 4 ] PTC almost has a lymphatic spreading to regional lymph nodes. Distant metastasis with bloodstream dissemination are less frequent[ 2 3 ] and they have poor prognosis and decreased survival rate.…”

“…Distant metastasis with bloodstream dissemination are less frequent[ 2 3 ] and they have poor prognosis and decreased survival rate. [ 4 ]…”