Unusual site of metastasis detected with FDG PET/CT in a case of recurrent rectosigmoid cancer

Clin Nucl Med. 2014 Apr;39(4):355-7. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000293.

Abstract

Metastatic colon cancers to the oral cavity are unusual, involving a majority of the mandible rather than the oral soft tissues. We describe a rare site of gingival metastasis in a case of rectosigmoid cancer. The patient was a 74-year-old woman who developed swelling and persistent bleeding of the right mandibular gingiva after tooth extraction. A PET/CT using 18F-FDG depicted multiple metastatic lesions in the neck, lung, abdominal wall, and mandibular gingiva. Histologic study of the gingival lesion confirmed the diagnosis of gingival metastasis from colon adenocarcinoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Colonic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Colonic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Humans
  • Multimodal Imaging*
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Recurrence
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18