CARCINOMA OF THE FLOOR OF THE MOUTH IN A YOUNG PATIENT - CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

This paper presents the case of a fulminant squamous cell carcinoma in the floor of the mouth in a young male. Within two months widespread metastases, including some in the myocardium resulted in death. The case is discussed and the literature is surveyed, with special emphasis on the patient's youth, on the patterns of tumor spread from head and neck cancers and on cardiac metastases originating from these tumors.