RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Orbital Metastasis from Verrucous Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity: Case Report and Review of the Literature
JF In Vivo
JO In Vivo
FD International Institute of Anticancer Research
SP 909
OP 912
VO 21
IS 5
A1 ASPROUDIS, IOANNIS
A1 GOREZIS, SPIROS
A1 ASPIOTIS, MILTIADIS
A1 TSANOU, ELENA
A1 KITSIOU, EVANGELIA
A1 MERMINGA, EFPRAXIA
A1 PESCHOS, DIMITRIOS
A1 CHARALABOPOULOS, KONSTANTINOS
A1 AGNANTIS, NIKI J.
YR 2007
UL http://iv.iiarjournals.org/content/21/5/909.abstract
AB A rare case of metastatic verrucous carcinoma (VC) of the oral cavity is presented. The patient was referred to the Ophthalmology Department due to diplopia. The patient reported history of diagnosis of verrucous squamous carcinoma in the oral cavity occuring 6 years earlier that although excised presented several recurrences. The lesion metastasized to local lymph nodes and after being characterized as inoperable the patient underwent thirty-seven sessions of radiation therapy. Two months after completion of radiation therapy, the patient underwent an orbital CT scan that revealed a mass with morphological features consistent with secondary involvement of the orbit from the known VC. Although treated with chemotherapy, the patient died 5 months later. No other case of this entity, which usually presents as a slow-growing lesion enlarging with direct extension rather than frank invasion, metastasizing to the orbit has been reported in relevant literature. Copyright © 2007 International Institute of Anticancer Research (Dr. John G. Delinassios), All rights reserved