Oral Metastasis-A Reason To Expose The Primary Site–A Short Review

Metastasis to the oral region are uncommon & account for about 1% of the oral malignant tumors & it may occur in the oral soft tissue or jaw bones. In 25% of cases, oral metastasis were found to be the first sign of the metastatic spread & in 23% it was the first indication of an undiscovered malignancy at a distant site. Oral lesions & manifestations suspect the possibility of metastasis from distant sites & that initiate the necessary investigations. Most of the tumor of internal organs like liver, kidney or lung may not have sever sign & symptoms in its earliest stage and so oral metastasis will expose the primary tumor site.