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An unusual metastatic site of laryngeal carcinoma: scapular muscles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

Emre A. Yucel
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Tayfun Demirel
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Misten Demiryont
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Unal Egeli
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Istanbul Social Security Hospital, Samatya, Istanbul, Turkey.
Kemal Deger
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.

Abstract

It is well known that in advanced cervical metastatic disease of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, the incidence of distant metastasis is high. A case of distant metastasis to the scapular muscles from an uncontrolled cervical metastasis of laryngeal carcinoma is presented. Other unusual metastatic sites are reviewed and the possible mechanism of the spread is discussed.

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Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2003

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