Pathologic Fracture of the Mandible Caused by Metastatic Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma


Pathologic Fracture of the Mandible Caused by Metastatic Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma FULL TEXT • Mohammed AlGahtani, MD • • Mansour Alqudah, BDS, MSc, FDSRCS • • Saad AlShehri, MD, FRCSC, FACS • • Abdulaziz Binahmed, BDS, MDent, FRCD(C), MSc • • George K.B. Sándor, MD, DDS, PhD, FRCD(C), FRCSC, FACS • A b s t r a c t A pathologic fracture may be an acute event or a chronic long-standing ill-defined problem, and the causes are numerous. The dental practitioner may be the first health care practitioner to see a patient with a pathologic fracture of the jaw. This case report is intended to inform dental practitioners about pathologic fractures and the need for prompt referral to minimize patient suffering. Reply to this article \| View replies [0]

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