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Table 1 Primary malignancies

From: Muscle metastases: comparison of features in different primary tumours

Tumours

n

%

Lung cancer

116

25,2

Gastrointestinal tumours

small bowel carcinoma

1

21.0

gall bladder carcinoma

5

colonic cancer

36

liver malignancies

7

stomach cancer

25

esophageal cancer

18

carcinoma of pancreas

5

Urological tumours

renal cell carcinoma

38

13,2

urothel carcinoma

23

Genital tumours

seminoma

3

9,3

ovarian cancer

7

prostatic cancer

4

endometrial carcinoma

9

vulvic cancer

2

carcinoma of cervix uteri

18

Breast carcinoma

38

8,2

CUP

28

6,1

Sarcoma

22

4,8

Malignant melanoma

16

 

Carcinoma of cutis

2

 

Thyroid gland carcinoma

17

3,7

Others

carcinoma of larynx

4

2,8

neuroblastoma

2

pleural mesothelioma

3

parotid gland carcinoma

1

carcinoma of pharynx

2

tongue carcinoma

1

Carcinoid

8

1,7