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Case study: Rotator cuff lesion and metastasis of a squamous cell carcinoma of the lung to skeletal muscles: a rare combination in the differential diagnosis of shoulder pain

Ein seltenes Krankheitsbild in der Differentialdiagnose des Schulterschmerzes

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Skeletal muscles is an uncommon site for metastatic spreading of malignancies such as carcinoma of the lung. Thus, to date, there have been only a small number of reports of carcinoma of the lung spreading to the skeletal muscles. This case study reports the rare combination of a rotator cuff lesion of the shoulder with the late occurrence of the metastasis of a squamous cell carcinoma of the lung in the ipsilateral deltoid muscle. The problems that result from this combination concerning diagnosis and therapy are discussed.

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Die Skelettmuskulatur stellt ein ungewöhnliches Ziel für metastasierende Malignome insgesamt, wie auch für Karzinome der Lunge dar. Dementsprechend sind nur sehr wenige Fälle von Skelettmuskelmetastasen durch Lungenkarzinome bislang beschrieben. Die vorliegende Fallstudie berichtet über die seltene Kombination eines Rotatorenmanschettenschadens der Schulter mit der gleichzeitigen Spätmanifestation der Metastase eines Plattenepithelkarzinoms der Lunge im ipsilateralen M. deltoideus und die sich hieraus ergebende Problematik für die differentialdiagnostische Abklärung und Therapie.

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Engel, H., Schüz, W. Case study: Rotator cuff lesion and metastasis of a squamous cell carcinoma of the lung to skeletal muscles: a rare combination in the differential diagnosis of shoulder pain. Unfallchirurg 101, 69–71 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001130050235

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