Differential diagnosis of mandibular lesion in patients with breast cancer: case report

The reported case is of a 57-year-old female patient with metastatic breast cancer in liver, pleura, and bones treated with eribulin without antiresorptives and sent for assessment of submandibular abscess after extraction of tooth 37 two months before. The examination showed increased volume in the buccal vestibule, retromolar trigone region, and left buccal mucosa without mucosal lesions, palpation hardening, or facial asymmetry. Tomography showed heterogeneous expansive lesion with peripheral enhancement and necrotic center in the left mandibular angle and branch (60  × 49 × 54 mm) with infiltration of the masticatory musculature and osteolysis of the posterior wall of the left maxillary sinus.
Source: Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics - Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Source Type: research