title: Metastatic carcinoma presenting as a pulp space infection.
abstract: A metastasis in a terminal phalanx which presented with the clinical features of a pulp space infection is described. The primary was a carcinoma of the esophagus.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis*