Phalangeal metastasis: first clinical sign of bronchogenic carcinoma.
A 67-year-old man without any pulmonary symptoms had a swollen and tender finger initially treated as infection. It was later found to be a metastatic lesion from an undetected bronchogenic carcinoma.
D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005385:Fingers; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000175:diagnosis; D008175:Lung Neoplasms; D008297:Male