title: Skeletal muscle metastases from lung cancer.
abstract: Lung cancers are diagnosed at a metastatic stage in 40% to 50% of cases. Skeletal muscle metastases are rare and usually discovered at autopsy. We report 3 cases of skeletal muscle metastasis. Muscular metastasis revealed the cancer in one patient. The metastases were asymptomatic in all patients. The diagnosis was confirmed histologically in one case and by radiography in the other 2. The evolution was characterized by tumor progression and death after 1-7 months.
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary Department III, Abderrahman Mami Hospital, Ariana, Tunisia.
authors.forename: Hamida H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Kwas
authors.forename: Ines
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zendah
authors.forename: Habib
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ghedira
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000737:chemistry / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D000077192:Adenocarcinoma of Lung; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D001706:Biopsy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000737:chemistry / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology*; D055752:Small Cell Lung Carcinoma / Q000737:chemistry / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor
keywords: Lung neoplasms; muscle neoplasms; neoplasm metastasis