title: Primary malignant tumors of the hand.
abstract: Three cases of primary malignant tumors seen at the Hand Rehabilitation Clinics of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital from 1980 to 1983 are reported. The primary diagnoses were malignant synovioma, trabecular carcinoma of the sweat glands, and alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma. These three cases occurred in young Nigerian females and constituted 3.3% of 90 hand tumors treated at the clinic during this period.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D009549:Nigeria; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013584:Sarcoma, Synovial / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013544:Sweat Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*