Advances in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Apr 2022)

Progressive facial swelling – An atypical presentation of metastatic colorectal cancer to the maxillofacial region

  • Victor Ken On Chang,
  • Hao-Hsuan Tsai

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adoms.2022.100290
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6
p. 100290

Abstract

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We present a case of maxillofacial deposits in a 57 year-old man with stage IIIc colorectal adenocarcinoma. Metastasis of colorectal cancer to the maxillofacial region without viscus invasion is rare. The patient complained of right-sided facial swelling and worsening pain over his right zygoma with biopsy confirming a metastatic process. Despite the rarity of metastases to the maxillofacial region, clinicians must consider this differential diagnosis, particularly in those with malignancy history.

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