Abstract
A rare case of metastasis of gastric adenocarcinoma to the maxillary gingiva is reported. A 65-year-old man had an epulis-like mass on the incisal region of the maxillary gingiva. The patient had a history of gastric adenocarcinoma, and the lower two thirds of the stomach had been resected.The mass was completely removed, with partial resection of the maxilla. The clinical course was good, with no evidence of recurrence. Histopathological examination showed that the oral tumor was a tubular adenocarcinoma morphologically similar to adenocarcinoma of the stomach.Metastatic tumors to the oral cavity usually arise in the mandible. To our knowledge, only 2 cases of gastric adenocarcinoma metastasizing to the incisal region of the maxillary gingiva, including ours have been reported.
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