Solitary Fibular Metastasis from Hilar Adenocarcinoma of Lung

Abstract

Adenocarcinoma constitutes 25 to 30% of cases of bronchogenic carcinoma. Most cases of pulmonary adenocarcinoma present as peripheral nodules rather than a central mass. It is the most common type of bronchogenic carcinoma in nonsmokers. Skeletal metastasis from bronchogenic carcinoma occurs most commonly to the spine, pelvis and femur. Solitary skeletal metastasis especially to bones below the elbow and knee is rare. We present a case of adenocarcinoma arising from right intermediate bronchus with solitary skeletal metastasis to the left fibula. Multimodality imaging is used for the diagnosis and characterization of the mass as well as the metastasis. How to cite this article Dasan A, Kalanayak V, Deepashri B. Solitary Fibular Metastasis from Hilar Adenocarcinoma of Lung. J Postgrad Med Edu Res 2015;49(2):79-82.