Clinicopathological conference. Case 29, part 2. Follicular thyroid carcinoma metastatic to the mandible

A case of follicular carcinoma of the thyroid metastatic to the mandible is reported and the literature is reviewed. Present conventional methods for determining the presence of secondary deposits, both in living patients and in cadavers, may account, in part, for the small number of cases reported in the literature involving metastases to the jaws. Careful attention to the medical history, clinical examination, scintigraphy, and results of the biopsy will help to establish early diagnosis of which definitive treatment can be based.