A 63-year-old female was referred to the department, via a 2-week suspected head and neck cancer pathway, with a non-healing ulcer in the buccal sulcus of the LL4, LL5 region. The ulcer had been...

The above cases demonstrate the rare side-effect of oropharyngeal ulceration which can occur when alendronic acid tablets are chewed or allowed to dissolve in the mouth.6 The directions for...