Lung Adenocarcinoma: a Rare Metastasis to the Tongue

Abstract

Metastatic lesions in the tongue are extremely rare. A 60-year-old man with lung adenocarcinoma is presented in this report. He had no metastases except simultaneous tongue and cervical lymph node metastases. Metastatik lezyonlar dilde oldukça nadir görülür. Bu yazıda dil metastazı bulunan akciğer adenokarsinomlu 60 yaşında erkek hasta sunuldu. Hastanın dil ve servikal lenf nodu metastazları dışında uzak metastazı saptanmadı.

Keywords

• Tongue metastasis; lung adenocarcinoma

Akciğer Adenokarsinomunun Nadir Görülen Dil Metastazı

Öz

Metastatik lezyonlar dilde oldukça nadir görülür. Bu yazıda dil metastazı bulunan akciğer adenokarsinomlu 60 yaşında erkek hasta sunuldu. Hastanın dil ve servikal lenf nodu metastazları dışında uzak metastazı saptanmadı.

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