Presentation of breast carcinoma as Volkmann's contracture due to skeletal muscle metastases.
Metastases to the skeletal muscles are extremely rare. They usually occur during the course of a pulmonary or digestive carcinoma. We describe a case of breast carcinoma presenting with forearm muscle metastases and Volkmann's type contracture.
Department of Medicine, Saint-Luc Hospital, University of Montreal, PQ, Canada.
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Duranceau
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D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D003161:Compartment Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology