Condylar metastasis involving TMJ and TMJ dislocation presenting as the initial manifestation of squamous lung cancer

Abstract

Lung cancer is the most frequently encountered cancer in humans and commonly metastasizes to brain and bone. A case is presented of a 65-year-old man with squamous cell carcinoma of the lung that metastasised to the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). The case is unusual in many respects. The TMJ was displaced and destructed by the tumor and it was the initial manifestation of squamous lung cancer.