title: Metastatic adenocarcinoma of the carpus: a case report.
abstract: A patient is described who presented with a painful swelling of the dorsum of the hand which arose from the hamate and proved histologically to be a secondary from a previously resected gastric adenocarcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Craigen
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Chesney
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary*; D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D002348:Carpal Bones; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms