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Pinar Emecen-Huja1, Tina R Woods2, Perry Stamatiades3
1Advanced Specialty Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) James B. Edwards College of Dental Medicine, Charleston, USA.
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The jaw is an uncommon site for metastasis, accounting for 1% of all oral cancers. The posterior mandible is the most common site of metastatic deposits, which typically present as ill-defined radiolucency. We present a case of metastatic prostate adenocarcinoma found during routine radiographic examination, resembling that of periapical pathology bilaterally in the mandible. The lesions presented as well-defined radiolucencies at the apex of non-vital teeth. Both lesions were revealed to be metastatic adenocarcinoma during histopathologic examination, emphasizing the importance of including malignant neoplasm in the differential diagnosis.
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