Peritoneal mesothelioma metastasis to the tongue – Comparison with 8 pleural mesothelioma reports with tongue metastases

Autor: Melisa Vazquez, Michael J. McKay, Selwyn Selvendran, Rajkumar Cheluvappa
Rok vydání: 2016
Předmět:
Tongue metastasis
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
mm
millimetre

MRI
Magnetic resonance imaging

medicine.medical_treatment
Case Report
PET
Positron emission tomography

Metastasis
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Peritoneum
Tongue
medicine
Mesothelioma
neoplasms
Malignant mesothelioma
Pleural mesothelioma
CT
Computerised tomography

Gy
Gray

HIPEC
Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy

Radiotherapy
business.industry
General Medicine
medicine.disease
cm
Centimetre (s)

respiratory tract diseases
body regions
Radiation therapy
medicine.anatomical_structure
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
SEER
Surveillance epidemiology and end results

Peritoneal mesothelioma
Surgery
Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
MM
Malignant mesothelioma

RX
Recipe (Treatment)
Zdroj: Annals of Medicine and Surgery
ISSN: 2049-0801
DOI: 10.1016/j.amsu.2015.12.059
Popis: Purpose Malignant mesothelioma (MM) rarely arises from the peritoneum. We describe the 1st such case which metastasised to the head and neck region (tongue). Methods We briefly surveyed the American Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database, and the British Cancer Research UK database for the latest trends in MM incidence. We did a systematic Pubmed search for other MM reports with tongue metastases. Results and presentation of case American and British data show that MM incidence in men has stabilised in the last 10 years, earlier than previously predicted. The tongue is an unusual site for MM spread, with ours being only the 9th such case described. Our summary of published cases of MM metastasising to the tongue brings out our patient to be the least in age(35 years), and the only one to have peritoneal MM as the primary. Seven of the 9 cases were male. Only 2 had a recorded history of exposure to asbestos. All 9 patients had the epithelioid subtype of MM. Surgery was done as the exclusive reported intervention in 4 out of the 9 patients. Only 2 cases received radiotherapy, amongst whom, only our patient responded. Conclusions Metastasis of MM to the tongue is rare and usually in the uncommon context of MM with multiple sites of extra-thoracic or extra-abdominal spread. We have described a unique clinical manifestation of a rare subtype of mesothelioma. Moreover, we have tabulated and summarised details (including responses to surgery or/and radiotherapy) regarding all reported cases of mesotheliomas with tongue metastasis.
Highlights • MM incidence in “Western” men has stabilised in the last 10 years. • Our case of MM with tongue metastasis was unfortunately very young, in fact the least aged amongst all reported cases. • Our case is the only recorded one with peritoneal MM metastasising to the tongue. • Our case probably presents an unusual pattern of mesothelioma metastatic progression, specifically from the abdomen to the chest, and from there, to the oral cavity. • All reports of MM with tongue metastases concisely tabulated and compared.
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