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18496688

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-7-3
pubmed:abstractText
We present the case of a 41-year-old man with known large cell lung cancer who had undergone left pneumonectomy 7 months prior and who presented with a large intramuscular mass involving the posterior left thigh and upper calf. This thigh mass was ultimately surgically explored, and specimens yielded both Escherichia coli organisms and cells reflecting a skeletal muscle metastasis from the patient's known lung cancer. The patient was also found to have a rectal metastasis from his lung cancer. Intramuscular abscesses produced by gastrointestinal tract flora are a well-known presentation of colon cancer. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of the simultaneous occurrence of a skeletal muscle metastasis and an E. coli abscess in the same anatomic location. We believe the patient's rectal metastasis may have been the intermediate step in this process.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0364-2348
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
763-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Simultaneous thigh muscle metastasis from lung cancer and Escherichia coli gas producing myonecrosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiology, Hospital Italiano, Cordoba, Argentina.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports