title: Muscular metastasis, a rare presentation of non-small-cell lung cancer.
abstract: 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.
authors: Northern Centre for Cancer Treatment, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. albiruni_ryan@yahoo.co.uk
authors: Albiruni Ryan Abdul
authors: AR
authors: Razak
authors: Rajiv
authors: R
authors: Chhabra
authors: Andrew
authors: A
authors: Hughes
authors: Simon
authors: S
authors: England
authors: Petra
authors: P
authors: Dildey
authors: Rhona
authors: R
authors: McMenemin
mesh_terms: 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*