Unusual manifestations of soft tissue metastasis.
We present a patient with pulmonary adenocarcinoma metastatic to the left forearm. The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed no discrete tumor, but an infiltrative signal change of the subcutaneous tissue and muscle. The lymphatic invasion by cancer cells explains this unusual manifestation of image findings.
Lu
Hsueh-Chieh
HC
Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Shih
Tiffany Ting-Fang
TT
Hsu
Chao-Yu
CY
Wu
Mu-Zon
MZ
Li
Yiu-Wah
YW
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005542:Forearm; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D035583:Rare Diseases; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*