ABSTRACT

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men. Although bone metastases occur very frequently, mandibular metastasis is very rare in prostate cancer. Mandibular osteonecrosis is a new entity described after potent bisphos-phonate treatment. In this case report, a patient who presented with widespread bone metastases was treated with radiotherapy for new development of a mandibular lesion along with progression of the other bone metastases dur-ing zolendronic acid treatment. When he was admitted to our hospital with increased symptoms, the diagnosis of mandibular osteonecrosis was established by biopsy. (Gazi Med J 2011; 22: 88-90)