Pathological fracture of condyle from metastatic breast adenocarcinoma

Abstract

Metastatic tumor of the jawbone is rare, with condyle location being rarer. Primary tumors that most commonly metastasize to the mouth are: breast, lung and kidney. Jawbone metastases appear as a result of distant disease spreading and show poor prognosis, with short survival. Here we present a 46-year-old woman with metastatic breast adenocarcinoma that involved left condyle, which caused pathological fracture. Numbness of the left chin and lower lip, pain and open limiting progressively appeared. It has been 4 years since the condyle metastasis was found. The common symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of jawbone metastasis are discussed in the paper.