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Skeletal muscle metastasis from esophageal squamous cell carcinoma is an unusual entity. A 72-year-old man underwent a subtotal esophagectomy for advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Mediastinal lymph node metastases developed 36 months after operation, and the patient received chemoradiotherapy. He complained about two painful, subcutaneous masses in the upper part of the left arm at 3 months after the end of chemoradiotherapy. Histopathological examination of tissue specimens obtained by explorative surgery showed skeletal muscle metastases from poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. The patient died of multiple metastases 7 months after chemoradiotherapy. This is considered a very rare case of metastasis from squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus to the triceps muscle of the left arm.
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Matsutani, T., Matsuda, A., Yoshida, H. et al. Resection of skeletal muscle metastases from squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus: case report and literature review. Esophagus 10, 42–45 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10388-012-0344-6
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