抄録
A case of metastatic mental epidermoid carcinoma from the primary esophageal lesion which occurred in a 51-year-old man was reported and the Japanese literature on the metastatic tumor to the mouth and jaws was reviewed from 1940 to 1983.
Only two metastatic cases to the mouth and jaws from the esophageal malignant tumors have been counted until now, namely 57 metastatic tumors to the mouth and jaws were documented in the almost equal occurrence of sex with a range of 1 to 76 years old as far as examined. The commonest primary organ was the uterus with the following order in incidence of the lung, kidney and stomach. Histologically, the carcinoma of the grandular origin showed the highest rate (about 49%), while the squamous cell carcinoma and sarcoma were unutual. Metastasis occurred on the gingiva in 29 of 57 cases. Concerning osseous metastasis, the mandible was the most frequently involved site, and the usual symptoms were swelling, tumor formation, bleeding and pain.
