| Literature DB >> 816066 |
U Bettendorf, W Remmele, H Laaff.
Abstract
The formation of heterotopic bone tissue in malignant tumors or in their metastases is extremely rare. In a 60 years old male patient with bronchogenic carcinoma (adenocarcinoma) extensive bone formation was observed within multiple metastases in the skeletal muscles. On the basis of the microscopic findings, the mechanism of bone formation by malignant tumors is discussed. Obviously, proliferation of local mesenchymal tissue and differentiation of mesenchymal cells to osteoblasts is induced by the tumor cells.Entities:
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Year: 1976 PMID： 816066 DOI： 10.1007/BF00432455
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Virchows Arch A Pathol Anat Histol ISSN： 0340-1227