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Gingival metastasis of angiosarcoma of the breast as a first manifestation of spreading disease: Case report and review of the literature.

Maria Emília MotaSaygo TomoFábio de Abreu AlvesGuilherme Andrade PellissariAntonio Geraldo do NascimentoRodrigo Nascimento Lopes
Published in: Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry (2023)
Metastases should be considered in the differential diagnosis of oral lesions in patients with a previous history of cancer. Due to the morphology of angiosarcomas, the metastatic lesions may resemble benign vascular lesions, therefore, biopsy is mandatory to exclude malignancy.
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