Lung Adenocarcinoma: a Rare Metastasis to the Tongue

Year 2010, Volume: 2010 Issue: 3, 218 - 220, 01.03.2010

Mehmet Güven Serpil Öcal Ahmet Eyibilen İbrahim Aladağ Doğan Köseoğlu

https://doi.org/10.5174/tutfd.2008.00987.1

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

Abstract

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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