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A benign appearing metastatic breast carcinoma to the mandible: A case report
N Ibrahim1, N I Mahamad Apandi2, N Rosli3
1Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Diagnostic and Craniofacial Biosciences, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Abstract:
Metastasis of breast carcinoma to the oral cavity is extremely rare as compared to metastasis to the lung and liver. The non-specific presentation of metastatic lesions clinically and radiographically also pose a diagnostic challenge. We present an interesting case of metastatic carcinoma to the right mandible which was provisionally diagnosed as a benign lesion of the alveolar ridge.
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