Bizarre Metastases from Malignant Neoplasms

Distant Soft Tissue Metastases: A Series of 30 New Patients and 91 Cases From the Literature

“…3,4,49 The thigh muscles, iliopsoas, and paraspinous muscles are the most frequent sites of reported clinical involvement. 6,8,13,15,24,34,45,46,49,51,54 In the current series, the thigh and arm muscles were equally involved, followed by the chest wall and paraspinous musculature. Soft tissue metastases have been reported in many additional muscles and subcutaneous sites across the body.…”

Distant, Late Metastases to Skin of Carcinoma of the Breast

“…Willis 2 mentioned only one case reported by Kettle in 1912 in which two tiny nodules were found in the fingers. Among 57 cases of unusual metastases, Wheelock et al 3 reported five cases of metastases to skin and only one that originated from a breast. He also mentioned two similar cases previously reported of metastases to eyelids following carcinoma of the breast 4,5 .…”

CT of Metastases

“…According to Wheelock and Frable [154], "bizarre" metastases are those located in dysplastic, malformed, or otherwise diseased organs, whether on a congenital or acquired basis (Figs. 85, 89 -92).…”