<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Metastases to the scapula are very rare as a primary clinical presentation of malignancies. In this Case Report have been described two cases of metastases to the scapula which gave the presenting clinical features of different disseminated carcinomas in patients in good performance status (ECOG 1). In the first case, detailed examination revealed that swollen scapula was the result of cancer that had spreadfrom the rectum. In the second case, the scapulacancer metastasisoriginated from the cervix. Good condition of patients, despite widespread diseases, allowed the systemic and palliative treatment, which had resulted in the clinical improvement, slower progress of disease and improvement of patient’s quality of life.</p></abstract>

Metastases to the scapula are very rare as a primary clinical presentation of malignancies. In this Case Report have been described two cases of metastases to the scapula which gave the presenting clinical features of different disseminated carcinomas in patients in good performance status (ECOG 1). In the first case, detailed examination revealed that swollen scapula was the result of cancer that had spreadfrom the rectum. In the second case, the scapulacancer metastasisoriginated from the cervix. Good condition of patients, despite widespread diseases, allowed the systemic and palliative treatment, which had resulted in the clinical improvement, slower progress of disease and improvement of patient’s quality of life.

Swollen Scapula as the First Clinical Feature of Disseminated Malignant Disease

Experimental and Applied Biomedical Research (EABR)

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Metastases to the scapula are very rare as a primary clinical presentation of malignancies. In this Case Report have been described two cases of metastases to...

Swollen Scapula as the First Clinical Feature of Disseminated Malignant Disease

Publicado en línea: 30 jul 2019

Páginas: 91 - 94

Recibido: 26 ago 2017

Aceptado: 08 oct 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjecr-2017-0052

Palabras clave
scapula, metastasis, rectal cancer, cervical cancer

© 2019 Aleksandra Babic et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Swollen Scapula as the First Clinical Feature of Disseminated Malignant Disease

Publicado en línea: 30 jul 2019

Páginas: 91 - 94

Recibido: 26 ago 2017

Aceptado: 08 oct 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjecr-2017-0052

Palabras clavescapula, metastasis, rectal cancer, cervical cancer

© 2019 Aleksandra Babic et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
scapula, metastasis, rectal cancer, cervical cancer