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An Osteolytic Metastasis of Humerus from an Asymptomatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Lung : A Rare Clinical Entity
Joint Authors
Das, Sibes Kumar
Das, Anirban
Pandit, Sudipta
Basuthakur, Sumitra
Das, Somnath
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-08-12
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Advanced lung cancer is complicated by skeletal metastases either due to direct extension from adjacent primaries or, more commonly, due to haematogenous dissemination of neoplastic cells.
Lumber spine is the most common site for bony metastases in bronchogenic carcinoma.
Proximal lone bones, especially humerus, are unusual sites for metastases from lung primaries.
Small cell and large cell varieties of lung cancer are most commonly associated with skeletal dissemination.
It is also unusual that an asymptomatic squamous cell carcinoma of lung presents with painful, soft tissue swelling with osteolytic metastasis of humerus which is reported in our case.
Systemic cytotoxic chemotherapy, local palliative radiotherapy, adequate analgesia, and internal fixation of the affected long bone are different modalities of treatment in this advanced stage of disease.
But the prognosis is definitely poor in this stage IV disease.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Das, Anirban& Pandit, Sudipta& Das, Sibes Kumar& Basuthakur, Sumitra& Das, Somnath. 2014. An Osteolytic Metastasis of Humerus from an Asymptomatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Lung : A Rare Clinical Entity. Case Reports in Pulmonology،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Das, Anirban…[et al.]. An Osteolytic Metastasis of Humerus from an Asymptomatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Lung : A Rare Clinical Entity. Case Reports in Pulmonology No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-5.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Das, Anirban& Pandit, Sudipta& Das, Sibes Kumar& Basuthakur, Sumitra& Das, Somnath. An Osteolytic Metastasis of Humerus from an Asymptomatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Lung : A Rare Clinical Entity. Case Reports in Pulmonology. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-487008
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-487008