title: Muscular metastasis from gastric cancer.
abstract: The association between gastric cancer and muscle metastasis is extremely rare. Few cases have been reported in the literature. We report a case of a 68-year-old man, with a diagnosis of gastric adenocarcinoma by endoscopy and biopsy. A painful nodule on the right thigh became noticeable during chemotherapy sessions, where positron emission tomography and percutaneous biopsy diagnosed a muscle metastasis of gastric adenocarcinoma. This report demonstrates the importance of further investigation of muscle lesion in patients with gastrointestinal cancer and how we can diagnose and treat these lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Laércio Gomes
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Lourenço
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Jorge Roberto Marcante
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Carlotto
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fernando Augusto Mardiros
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Herbella
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Diego Adão Fanti
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Henrique Barroso
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Setti
keywords: Stomach; adenocarcinom; neoplasm metastasis