Metastatic calcaneal adenocarcinoma from lung primary: A case report
Although the skeletal system is a common site for metastatic disease, metastasis to the calcaneus is very rare, especially from a lung primary; furthermore, calcaneal metastasis as the presenting symptom of a malignant process is rarer still. Only two cases of calcaneal metastasis from a primary lun...
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| description | Although the skeletal system is a common site for metastatic disease, metastasis to the calcaneus is very rare, especially from a lung primary; furthermore, calcaneal metastasis as the presenting symptom of a malignant process is rarer still. Only two cases of calcaneal metastasis from a primary lung cancer have previously been reported. The presenting symptom of metastatic lesions of the calcaneus is typically plantar-heel pain; idiopathic plantar-heel pain is a common complaint in and of itself, which obfuscates the diagnosis of metastatic cancer. As a result, calcaneal metastases are difficult to diagnose. We present the rare case of a patient with calcaneal metastasis from a primary lung adenocarcinoma along with a review of literature as a reminder that occasionally, though common things are common, uncommon things do occur. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f17086b260414fb8a43605494020f2eb2022-12-22T03:36:37ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of the Scientific Society0974-50092016-01-01431444710.4103/0974-5009.175462Metastatic calcaneal adenocarcinoma from lung primary: A case reportYiqing XuDaniel NeillKimberly HartAlthough the skeletal system is a common site for metastatic disease, metastasis to the calcaneus is very rare, especially from a lung primary; furthermore, calcaneal metastasis as the presenting symptom of a malignant process is rarer still. Only two cases of calcaneal metastasis from a primary lung cancer have previously been reported. The presenting symptom of metastatic lesions of the calcaneus is typically plantar-heel pain; idiopathic plantar-heel pain is a common complaint in and of itself, which obfuscates the diagnosis of metastatic cancer. As a result, calcaneal metastases are difficult to diagnose. We present the rare case of a patient with calcaneal metastasis from a primary lung adenocarcinoma along with a review of literature as a reminder that occasionally, though common things are common, uncommon things do occur.http://www.jscisociety.com/article.asp?issn=0974-5009;year=2016;volume=43;issue=1;spage=44;epage=47;aulast=XuAdenocarcinomacalcaneuslung cancermetastasis |
| spellingShingle | Yiqing Xu Daniel Neill Kimberly Hart Metastatic calcaneal adenocarcinoma from lung primary: A case report Journal of the Scientific Society Adenocarcinoma calcaneus lung cancer metastasis |
| title | Metastatic calcaneal adenocarcinoma from lung primary: A case report |
| title_full | Metastatic calcaneal adenocarcinoma from lung primary: A case report |
| title_fullStr | Metastatic calcaneal adenocarcinoma from lung primary: A case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Metastatic calcaneal adenocarcinoma from lung primary: A case report |
| title_short | Metastatic calcaneal adenocarcinoma from lung primary: A case report |
| title_sort | metastatic calcaneal adenocarcinoma from lung primary a case report |
| topic | Adenocarcinoma calcaneus lung cancer metastasis |
| url | http://www.jscisociety.com/article.asp?issn=0974-5009;year=2016;volume=43;issue=1;spage=44;epage=47;aulast=Xu |
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