MUSCULAR METASTASIS AS THE FIRST MANIFEST ATION OF CANCER - REPORT OFA CASE WITH A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Authors
NOURI A KCHIR MM HAJRI R KOLSI C ZERMANI R ZOUARI R BENJILANI S HILA A
Citation
A. Nouri et al., MUSCULAR METASTASIS AS THE FIRST MANIFEST ATION OF CANCER - REPORT OFA CASE WITH A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, La Semaine des hopitaux de Paris, 72(13-14), 1996, pp. 405-408
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
La Semaine des hopitaux de Paris → ACNP
ISSN journal
00371777
Volume
72
Issue
13-14
Year of publication
1996
Pages
405 - 408
Database
ISI
SICI code
0037-1777(1996)72:13-14<405:MMATFM>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
A 62-year-old man developed a slowly growing mass at the anterior aspe ct of his left scapula. His symptoms suggested a scapulohumeral arthro pathy, A biopsy established the diagnosis of muscular metastasis with large, undifferentiated cells consistent with a bronchial primary. Mus cular metastases are infrequent (255 cases in the literature) and ofte n occur as the first manifestation of cancer. Symptoms are sometimes m isleading.