Metastasis to skeletal muscle from colorectal carcinoma. A case report.
In a 75-year-old woman, adenocarcinoma of the rectum recurred in the skeletal muscle after a two-year disease-free interval. Spread of colorectal carcinoma to skeletal muscle is infrequent. Only three cases seem to have been previously reported in the literature.
Lampenfeld
M E
ME
Department of Radiation Oncology, Alta Bates Hospital, Berkeley, California 94705.
Reiley
M A
MA
Fein
M A
MA
Zaloudek
C J
CJ
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D000368:Aged; D002081:Buttocks; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D013997:Time Factors