caa a22 4500 445851430 CHVBK 20180317145414.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10006-010-0218-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10006-010-0218-9 Infratemporal fossa metastasis from carcinoma of the uterine cervix [Elektronische Daten] [Ioannis Dimitrakopoulos, Aris Ntomouchtsis, Fotis Iordanidis] Introduction: Carcinoma of the uterine cervix is the fourth commonest malignant tumor in women. The disease spreads into the surrounding tissues by direct infiltration whereas spread by hematogenous dissemination is relatively unusual, and most commonly involves the lung, bone, and liver. The involvement of oral and maxillofacial region is extremely rare in gynecological cancer. Case report: In this paper, we present an unusual case of a metastatic squamous cell carcinoma originating in the infratemporal fossa of a 37-year-old woman who had underwent a subtotal hysterectomy, for squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix, 22months earlier. A whole-body CT scan revealed a mass of enlarged lymph nodes in the mediastinum as well. The patient, who had presented for evaluation of a rapidly increasing trismus associated with deep intermittent facial pain and temporal swelling had initially been treated for a TMJ dysfunction and later for an infratemporal fossa abscess for long before a definite diagnosis was made. A high index of suspicion is possible to make an early diagnosis, which when coupled with an aggressive management can improve survival and quality of life. Springer-Verlag, 2010 Infratemporal nationallicence Metastasis nationallicence Uterine cervix nationallicence Carcinoma nationallicence Dimitrakopoulos Ioannis University Clinic of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, "G. Papanikolaou” General Hospital, P. Mela 28, 546 22, Thessaloniki, Greece aut Ntomouchtsis Aris University Clinic of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, "G. Papanikolaou” General Hospital, P. Mela 28, 546 22, Thessaloniki, Greece aut Iordanidis Fotis Department of Histopathology, "G. Papanikolaou” General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece aut Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Springer-Verlag 15/2(2011-06-01), 121-125 1865-1550 15:2<121 2011 15 10006 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10006-010-0218-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10006-010-0218-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dimitrakopoulos Ioannis University Clinic of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, "G. Papanikolaou” General Hospital, P. Mela 28, 546 22, Thessaloniki, Greece aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ntomouchtsis Aris University Clinic of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, "G. Papanikolaou” General Hospital, P. Mela 28, 546 22, Thessaloniki, Greece aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Iordanidis Fotis Department of Histopathology, "G. Papanikolaou” General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Springer-Verlag 15/2(2011-06-01), 121-125 1865-1550 15:2<121 2011 15 10006 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer