Metastatic Oesophagus Carcinoma Presented with Neck and Arm Pain: A Case Report

Autor:	Özlem Demircioğlu, Berat Meryem Alkan, Fatma Fidan, Aliye Tosun, Selami Akkuş
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Poor prognosis Lymphatic metastasis business.industry General surgery Bone metastasis Late onset General Medicine Oesophageal carcinoma medicine.disease Metastasis medicine Carcinoma Outpatient clinic Radiology business
Zdroj:	Case Reports in Clinical Medicine. :231-234
ISSN:	2325-7083 2325-7075
Popis:	Oesophageal carcinoma is among malignancies with poor prognosis due to the late onset symptoms related with large submucosal involvement, early lymphatic metastasis and its multicentric characteristics, majority of the patients decrease within the first year of diagnosis. However, bone metastasis is uncommon and reported to be 1% to 14% in autopsy series. Herein we report a case that was admitted to our outpatient clinics with severe neck and arm pain as presenting symptoms and diagnosed as metastatic oesophageal carcinoma afterwards.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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