[Jaw metastasis of sympathicoblastoma]

Using the example of a sympathicoblastoma metastasizing into the jaw, the symptomatology of this rare location of metastases is outlined. Jaw metastases of sympathicoblastomas occur in greater numbers only in children in the age of 2.5 to 5 years. Osteolytic jaw defects and unexplainable loosening of permanent molars in children should give rise to detailed examination with regard to the possible existence of a metastasizing malignant tumor (especially neuroblastoma). Despite a solitary metastasis, early diagnosis might have a decisive influence on the otherwise lethal course of the disease.