title: Atypical presentation of an oesophageal carcinoma with metastases to the left buttock: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Oesophageal carcinomas represent 3% of all cancers in the UK accounting for 7650 new cases per annum. Oesophageal cancer may be associated with swallowing abnormalities, localised mass pressure effects, lymphatic or distant metastatic spread.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a 50-year-old man who presented with a painful, enlarging, solid, fixed lesion adjacent to the left buttock with associated dysphagia. Initial endoscopic assessment suggested severe oesophageal inflammation while the lesion in the buttock area was presumed to be a primary soft-tissue neoplasm. However, subsequent histological assessment confirmed a primary oesophageal squamous carcinoma with metastatic spread to the buttock.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We discuss the clinical presentation, investigative modalities, and current therapeutic guidelines associated with this rare metastasis and present other atypical oesophageal musculoskeletal metastases. We emphasise the need to consider all aspects of patient symptomatology during the investigation of any atypical lesion.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Daisy Hill Hospital, Newry BT35 8DR, Northern Ireland. S1256801@qub.ac.uk
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Smyth
authors.forename: Mark E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: O'Donnell
authors.forename: Susim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Atiq
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hussain
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cranley