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ArticleTranslational gastroenterology and hepatology2016

Skeletal muscle metastasis from signet ring cell esophageal adenocarcinoma.

Ethan B Ludmir, Benjamin Robey, Evan Shelby, Sonya V Patel-Nguyen, Ahren Rittershaus, Michael R Contarino

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Article in Translational gastroenterology and hepatology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ethan B LudmirDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Benjamin RobeyDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Evan ShelbyDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Sonya V Patel-NguyenDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Ahren RittershausDepartment of Pathology, WakeMed Hospitals, Raleigh, NC, USA.
Michael R ContarinoDepartment of Hospital Medicine, WakeMed Hospitals, Raleigh, NC, USA.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USWakeMed · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Symptomatic skeletal muscle metastasis from esophageal adenocarcinoma is rare. Here we report the case of a 49-year-old man who presented with right thigh pain, and was found to have symptomatic psoas muscle metastasis as the presentation of esophageal adenocarcinoma. The primary tumor was notable for signet ring cells (SRC), a poor prognostic indicator as well as a predictor of biologic aggressiveness. The patient passed away within 1 month of diagnosis due to disease progression, supporting the aggressiveness of such SRC esophageal lesions. Lastly, a literature review reveals a differential pattern of metastatic spread between esophageal adenocarcinomas and squamous cell carcinomas as regards muscle metastases. Skeletal muscle metastases are more likely to be due to esophageal adenocarcinoma, whereas myocardial metastases are almost exclusively due to esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). These differences may represent an example of the 'seed and soil' hypothesis of metastasis.

Indexed as

Esophageal adenocarcinomaneoplasm metastasissignet ring cell (SRC)skeletal muscle

Identifiers

PMID28138604
PMCPMC5244786
OpenAlexW2416568155

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