Metastasis from pancreatic adenocarcinoma to the cheekbone
Valentina Terenzi 1, Andrea Cassoni 1, Ingrid Raponi 1, Giulia Benedetto 1, Maria Fadda 1, Valentino Valentini 1
Affiliation
Article Info
1 Odontostomatological Science and Maxillo-facial Surgery Department, Maxillo-facial Surgery, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Abstract
Skeletal metastasis by pancreatic adenocarcinoma are infrequent, and those located in the craniofacial region are very rare. We report the case of a 63-year-old Caucasian woman with a metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreatic head previously treated with surgery and chemotherapy presenting a skeletal metastasis in the left cheekbone 5 years after primary treatment. No other similar cases have been previously described. The therapeutic decision was not simple because of the uncommon site of pancreatic metastasis. Surgical resection was the only possibility after the radiotherapy failure.
Keywords
- Cheekbone mass
- Cheekbone metastasis
- Pancreatic adenocarcinoma
- Pancreatic adenocarcinoma metastasis
