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Date: Fri, May 23, 2008 at 7:59 PM
Subject: Simultaneous thigh muscle metastasis from lung cancer and Escherichia coli gas producing myonecrosis.
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[1]Skeletal Radiol. 2008 May 22;
Martinez GE, Coursey CA, Dodd L, Martinez S
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.
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Source: http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=18496688
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From: HubMed - cancer <rssfwd@rssfwd.com>
Date: Fri, May 23, 2008 at 7:59 PM
Subject: Simultaneous thigh muscle metastasis from lung cancer and Escherichia coli gas producing myonecrosis.
To: mesothelioma77@gmail.com
[1]Skeletal Radiol. 2008 May 22;
Martinez GE, Coursey CA, Dodd L, Martinez S
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.
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Source: http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=18496688
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