Muscular metastasis, a rare presentation of non-small-cell lung cancer.
A 71-year-old man presented with a 2-week history of pain and swelling of his left arm. Subsequent investigations revealed an intramuscular lesion, suggestive of soft tissue sarcoma. Histologic analysis was surprisingly consistent with metastasis from a primary squamous cell lung cancer. Skeletal muscle metastasis as a mode of presentation of primary lung cancer is an unusual phenomenon. A brief literature review accompanies this report.
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Albiruni Ryan Abdul
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Northern Centre for Cancer Treatment, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. albiruni_ryan@yahoo.co.uk
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Rajiv
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Hughes
Andrew
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England
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Dildey
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McMenemin
Rhona
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D000368:Aged; D001132:Arm; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*