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An unusual presentation of oat cell carcinoma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

R. Capper*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Ulster Hospital, Belfast
T. J. Stewart
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Ulster Hospital, Belfast
J. P. Magennis
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, The Queen's University, Belfast
*
Miss Ruth Capper, F.R.C.S.I., Longwood Cottage, The Bath Clinic, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7BR

Abstract

A case is reported of oat cell carcinoma of the lung presenting with unusual sites of metastasis to the orofacial region. Distant metastases are common in oat cell carcinoma but a literature review did not reveal any reports of metastases either to the hard palate or to medial canthus of the eye.

Type
Clinical Records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1993

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