Lung cancer presenting as a soft-tissue metastasis

Case Rep Oncol. 2015 Apr 16;8(1):185-8. doi: 10.1159/000381875. eCollection 2015 Jan-Apr.

Abstract

Soft-tissue metastasis refers to the growth of cancer cells, originating from internal cancer, in soft tissues. In most cases, soft-tissue metastases develop after initial diagnosis of the primary internal malignancy and late in the course of the disease. In very rare cases, they may occur at the same time or before the primary cancer has been detected. In our cases, the soft-tissue metastases and the primary lung cancer were diagnosed at the same time.

Keywords: Computed tomography; Lung cancer; Magnetic resonance imaging; Non-small-cell carcinoma; Positron emission tomography; Soft-tissue metastasis.

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  • Case Reports