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Mammary Epithelial and Endothelial Cell Spheroids as a Potential Functional In vitro Model for Breast Cancer Research
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Metastasis from breast cancer presenting as an epulis in the upper gingiva
1Chief of Surgical Pathology, BSES MG Hospital, Andheri (West), Mumbai - 400 058, India.
Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology : JOMFP
|September 3, 2011
Abstract:
Oral metastasis of breast cancer is less common than metastasis to other sites like the lung and liver. Breast cancer can metastasize to the oral cavity, with presentation like a benign oral lesion. We present an interesting case of breast cancer involving the gingiva with sparing of the underlying bone.
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