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CASE REPORTS THORACIC SECTION
The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 2001 October;42(5):701-2
Copyright © 2009 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA
language: English
Solitary muscle metastasis from lung carcinoma
Santini M., Vicidomini G., Di Marino M. P., Baldi A.
From the Department of Thoracic Surgery, *Department of Pathology Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
Recurrence after resection of non-small cell lung carcinoma is generally associated with a poor outcome. Limb muscle metastasis from lung cancer is extremely rare. We present a case of a 71-year-old man who presented with a solitary metastasis to his right lower limb two months after right upper lobectomy for lung cancer (stage: T2N0M0). Twenty-four months after surgical excision and chemotherapy he is alive without signs of neoplastic disease. We believe that a more aggressive approach might be considered for selected patients with solitary extracranial and extra-adrenal metastasis from lung cancer.