title: Giant temporalis muscle metastasis of esophageal carcinoma.
abstract: Temporalis muscle metastasis of a tumor is a rare condition. Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma is an uncommon variant of squamous cell carcinoma, which often occurs in the aerodigestive tract. To the best of our knowledge, there have been no previous reports dealing with temporalis muscle metastasis from esophageal carcinoma in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. safakuygur@gmail.com
authors.forename: Safak
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uygur
authors.forename: Mubin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aral
authors.forename: Basar
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kaya
authors.forename: Selahattin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozmen
authors.forename: Gonca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ozgun
authors.forename: Osman
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Latifoglu
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002281:Carcinoma, Basosquamous / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D013703:Temporal Muscle