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Tongue metastasis from carcinoma of the rectum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

N. G. P. Davidson  and
A. Wilson
N. G. P. Davidson*
Affiliation:
Poole
A. Wilson
Affiliation:
Poole
*
Dr. N. G. P. Davidson, M.R.C.P., F.R.C.R., Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Infirmary Square, Leicester LE1 5WW
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Abstract

A case report of a patient with carcinoma of the rectum with metastasis to the tongue clinically mimicking a primary tongue neoplasm is described. The patient presented with an ulcer in the tongue three years after undergoing an anterior resection for a Dukes C carcinoma of the rectum. Other asymptomatic metastatic lesions were discovered only after the histology report suggested that the tongue ulcer biopsy was metastatic in origin. Metastatic tumour to the tongue is extremely rare and often occurs at a late stage, when there is disseminated disease. We are not aware of any reported case of tongue metastasis from carcinoma of the rectum.

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Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 103 , Issue 3 , March 1989 , pp. 322 - 323
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1989

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