Recurrent lower gingival squamous cell carcinoma spreading along the pathway of the inferior alveolar nerve

Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 1995 Sep;80(3):369-75. doi: 10.1016/s1079-2104(05)80397-x.

Abstract

Computed tomography images showed recurrent lower gingival squamous cell carcinoma spreading from the mandibular foramen to the middle cranial fossa. This extensive tumor spread followed exactly the same anatomic pathway as the inferior alveolar nerve. Histopathologic examination revealed squamous cell carcinoma. Tumor spread was thought to be caused by perineural invasion. This case demonstrates computed tomography features of perineural tumor spread along the inferior alveolar nerve.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / diagnostic imaging*
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / pathology
  • Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / pathology
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Gingival Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Gingival Neoplasms / pathology
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mandibular Nerve / diagnostic imaging*
  • Mandibular Nerve / pathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / diagnostic imaging*
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / pathology
  • Skull Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Skull Neoplasms / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed