Parotid gland metastasis of lung cancer: a case report

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Chang-Fu Sun¹  Fa-Yu Liu¹  Qi-Gen Fang¹  Shuang Shi² 

[1] Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, China Medical University, No. 117 Nanjing North Street, Heping District, Shenyang, Liaoning 110002, People’s Republic of China;Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Stomatology, China Medical University, No. 117 Nanjing North Street, Heping District, Shenyang, Liaoning 110002, People’s Republic of China

关键词: Metastasis;    Lung cancer;    Small cell cancer;    Parotid gland tumor;   

Others  :  819749
DOI  :  10.1186/1477-7819-12-119

 received in 2013-11-27, accepted in 2014-04-15,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Parotid gland metastasis in lung cancer is extremely rare, very few cases have been reported.

Case presentation

We report on the case of a 61-year-old Chinese male patient who presented with parotid swelling metastasizing from advanced lung cancer. We therefore performed an operation of partial parotidectomy with preservation of the facial nerve and advised the patient receive chemotherapy, however, the patient died four months later.

Conclusion

Although it is extremely rare, a potential metastasis of lung cancer should not be ignored in the diagnosis of parotid tumor. Preoperative routine examination, such as a chest X-ray and lung computational tomography scan, may play an important role in differential diagnosis. The management of the metastatic tumor to the parotid gland was controversial however, despite combined treatment modalities, long-term survival was not attained.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Shi et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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