Soft tissue metastasis from carcinoma. A case report.
The authors report a case of a man who developed soft tissue metastasis to the thigh from pulmonary carcinoma. In the preoperative staging, computerized tomograms and magnetic resonance imaging allowed to identify and characterize the features of soft tissue masses; these studies, however, must be always completed with needle (tru-cut) or incisional biopsy.
Mignani
G
G
1st Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Bologna University, Italy.
McDonald
D
D
Boriani
S
S
Avella
M
M
Gaiani
L
L
Campanacci
M
M
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D013848:Thigh / Q000473:pathology*