Intra‐flap recurrence of an oral squamous cell carcinoma after curative resection and reconstruction with a free flap

Key Clinical Message Intra‐flap recurrence after reconstruction is a possible complication in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) after curative resection and reconstruction with a free flap. This case report describes an intra‐flap recurrence after tumor resection and reconstruction with a latissim...

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Published in:Clinical case reports 2024-08, Vol.12 (8), p.e9326-n/a
Main Authors: Liokatis, Paris, Liokati, Ioanna, Fegg, Florian Nepomuk, Dewenter, Ina, Mast, Gerson, Otto, Sven, Obermeier, Katharina Theresa
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Language:English
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Biopsy
Cancer therapies
Case Report
Case reports
Chemotherapy
Dentistry
Editing
Erythema
free tissue flap
intra‐flap recurrence
Lymphatic system
Medical imaging
Medical prognosis
Metastasis
Neck
neoplasm metastases
Patients
Radiation therapy
Remission (Medicine)
Squamous cell carcinoma
squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
Surgery
Tomography
Transplants & implants
Writing
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Summary:Key Clinical Message Intra‐flap recurrence after reconstruction is a possible complication in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) after curative resection and reconstruction with a free flap. This case report describes an intra‐flap recurrence after tumor resection and reconstruction with a latissimus dorsi flap due to OSCC. We report a 58‐year‐old female patient who underwent curative resection of a squamous cell carcinoma in the oral cavity and submental area and reconstruction with a latissimus dorsi free flap. Thirteen months after the operation, the patient presented with lung metastases and, 22 months after the operation, a metastatic lesion in the flap's central area with no sign of recurrence in the primary resection site occurred. The patient died 25 months after the initial operation due to the rapid progression of the disease and further distant metastases. To our knowledge, similar cases do not exist in the literature. This is the first reported case of intra‐flap metastasis after surgical treatment of OSCC.
ISSN:2050-0904
2050-0904
DOI:10.1002/ccr3.9326