Muscular metastasis from gastric cancer |
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| Authors: | Laércio Gomes Louren?o Jorge Roberto Marcante Carlotto Fernando Augusto Mardiros Herbella Diego Ad?o Fanti Silva Henrique Barroso Setti |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Surgery, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil |
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| 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. |
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| Keywords: | Stomach adenocarcinom neoplasm metastasis |
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