Metastatic thymic carcinoma in a digit: a case report.
Acrometastases are a rare but important clinical entity. We present the case of a 54-year-old man with a metastasis to a digit from a primary thymic carcinoma. The prognostic implications of such a diagnosis are discussed.
Shannon
F J
FJ
Department of Surgery/Orthopaedics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA.
Antonescu
C R
CR
Athanasian
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EA
D001706:Biopsy; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005385:Fingers / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D013945:Thymoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*