Gingival squamous cell carcinoma in a patient with chronic graft-versus-host disease

Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 1997 Aug;84(2):171-4. doi: 10.1016/s1079-2104(97)90065-2.

Abstract

This article describes a gingival squamous cell carcinoma that developed in a 21-year-old woman who received a bone marrow transplant at the age of 16 from her human leukocyte antigen-identical sister as treatment for severe aplastic anemia. Thirty days after transplantation, she presented with cutaneous erythema as a result of acute graft-versus-host disease, and this subsequently evolved into chronic graft-versus-host disease. A lichenoid white plaque of the gingiva developed shortly thereafter, and it began to increase in size rapidly 4 years posttransplantation. Biopsy indicated squamous cell carcinoma arising in this region, apparently associated with chronic graft-versus-host disease. Few reports have described a secondary solid malignancy involving the oral cavity of young adults after bone marrow transplantation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anemia, Aplastic / therapy
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / etiology*
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / surgery
  • Female
  • Gingival Neoplasms / etiology*
  • Gingival Neoplasms / pathology
  • Gingival Neoplasms / surgery
  • Graft vs Host Disease / complications*
  • Graft vs Host Disease / etiology
  • Humans
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / etiology*