title: [A rare case of metastasis of urinary bladder carcinoma in the pisiform bone. A case report].
abstract: Metastases to the hand are rare. The incidence of secondary tumors in the hand is about 0.15%. The lung, breast, and kidneys are the most common sites of primary lesions that metastasize to the hand. The authors report about a 66-year-old female who showed an osteolytic metastatic lesion in the os pisiforme which was ulcerated on the ulnopalmar aspect of the right wrist, 18 months after radical cystectomy because of a bladder carcinoma. In agreement with the patient, as well as with colleagues from the pathological, oncological, and radiotherapeutical field, the hand was not amputated as this was a solitary metastatic lesion.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Handchirurgie, Plastische und Mikrochirurgie, Zentrum für Schwerbrandverletzte, Berufsgenossenschaftlichen Unfallkrankenhauses Hamburg.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Saalfeld
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Partecke
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D002348:Carpal Bones / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D015653:Cystectomy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012086:Reoperation; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*