Metastatic carcinoma to the mandible that mimicked pulpal/periodontal disease

The association between periodontal disease and cancer: A review of the literature

“…5 Many cases have been reported of gingival squamous cell carcinoma presenting clinically similar to inflammatory periodontal or periodontal/endodontic lesions. [6][7][8][9][10][11][12] Cases of other types of cancer mistaken for periodontal disease such as metastatic pancreatic cancer 13 and osteogenic sarcoma 14 have also been reported. These examples hint that a similar underlying mechanism may be responsible for both periodontal disease and cancer.…”

Unilateral face swelling as first manifestation of metastatic pancreatic cancer: Case report and review of the literature

“…The fourth patient presented himself with painful swelling of the left jaw [9]. He was currently undergoing a diagnostic work-up because a bronchoalveolar lavage that had been performed for pneumonia had yielded cells of a poorly differentiated non-small-cell carcinoma.…”

L’apport de la tomodensitométrie volumétrique à faisceau conique dans l’évaluation des douleurs orofaciales

“…Il y a, par ailleurs, les odontalgies pour lesquelles on ne trouve aucune cause et qu'on désigne comme « odontalgie atypique » (voir article de Bodéré et Woda) et les odontalgies hétérotopiques, à savoir celles référées par une pathologie siégeant près ou à distance de la dent symptomatique [10,19,25,30]. On retrouve, dans le Tableau 1, les causes les plus communes d'odontalgie.…”