title: [Intramuscular extremity metastasis of adenocarcinoma of the colon].
abstract: Metastases from colorectal carcinoma usually spread along abdominal lymph nodes or are hematogenous to the liver or lungs. So far, 13 cases of metastases to skeletal muscle have been described. In the following report, the case of a 72-year-old woman with a colonic carcinoma and metastases of this tumor in the thigh is described. Other reports about muscular metastases of colorectal tumors are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Plastische Chirurgie, Schwerbrandverletzte, Handchirurgiezentrum, Operatives Referenzzentrum für Gliedmassentumoren, BG-Klinikum Bergmannsheil der Ruhr-Universität, Bochum.
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Homan
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mühlberger
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kuhnen
authors.forename: H U
authors.initials: HU
authors.lastname: Steinau
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D013848:Thigh / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*