PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Becky Hirst
AU  - Jack Powell
TI  - Muscle metastases: rare problem with unusual solution
AID  - 10.1136/bmjspcare-2018-001491
DP  - 2018 Feb 02
TA  - BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care
PG  - bmjspcare-2018-001491
4099  - http://spcare.bmj.com/content/early/2018/02/01/bmjspcare-2018-001491.short
4100  - http://spcare.bmj.com/content/early/2018/02/01/bmjspcare-2018-001491.full
AB  - Skeletal muscle is an unusual site for metastasis from malignancy. We report a patient who presented with calf metastases from a squamous cell carcinoma of lung. Attempts were made to control his pain conservatively for almost 2 years before he was referred for a below-knee amputation. He did well following this and was able to stop the majority of his analgesic drugs.