title: [Misinterpretation of a solitary breast carcinoma metastasis of the hand as an enchondroma. Case report and literature review].
abstract: Carcinoma of the breast is the third most common primary tumor leading to metastases in the hand. It is preceded by carcinoma of the lung and kidney. A review of literature is presented, following the case report of an isolated skeletal metastasis in the middle phalanx of the left ring finger in a 67-year-old patient seven years after mastectomy of the right breast. At first, the findings were misinterpreted as enchondroma.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Plastische Chirurgie und Handchirurgie St. Josef Hospitale Essen-Kupferdreh.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Witthaut
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Steffens
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D002812:Chondroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography