Bilateral metastasis to the femoral head as the only manifestation of recurrence of gastric adenocarcinoma: a case report

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Teresa Aramendi Sánchez¹  Ma Jesus Fernández-Aceñero¹ 

[1] Department of Surgical Pathology, Hospital General of Móstoles, Móstoles, Madrid (Spain)

关键词: metastasis;    bone;    recurrence;    carcinoma;    surgery;    femur;    adenocarcinoma;    neoplasm;    gastric tumors;   

Others  :  1207503
DOI  :  10.1186/1477-7819-1-18

 received in 2003-07-28, accepted in 2003-09-18,  发布年份 2003

【 摘 要 】

Background

Metastases to the bone as the sole manifestation of recurrence of a gastric carcinoma are extremely rare.

Case report

We herein report the case of a 63-year-old man operated a year and a half before for a poorly differentiated gastric carcinoma affecting the fundus, who developed bilateral metastasis to the femoral head as the sole manifestation of recurrence. He was treated with radiotherapy to control pain with a poor response and both femoral heads had to be eventually resected.

Conclusions

We review the literature on the rare occurrence of osseous metastasis from gastric carcinoma and comment briefly on the therapeutic options for these cases.

【 授权许可】

   
2003 Fernández-Aceñero and Aramendi Sánchez; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article: verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose, provided this notice is preserved along with the article's original URL.

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