It has been noted that metastatic tumor to the oral region, especially to the jaws, are rare, since they have seldom been reported critical analytical studies dealing with the distribution of such lesions throughout the body. We report a case of metastatic lesion to the maxilla, and review some literatures.

A patient was 49-year-old male. The symptoms of onset were lumbago and maxillary swelling, and clinical diagnosis of maxillary tumor was made. At necropsy, there were large tumor masses of the left maxilla, bilateral adrenal and many small tumor nodules of various organs. Histological exami ation revealed relatively well differentiated adenocarcinoma originated from the adrenal cortex, and a large mass of left maxilla was metastasized. This case is the first report of metastasis to jawnbone from adrenocortical origin.