[Acrometastasis of the hand. Case report].
The authors report a case of metacarpal metastasis in a young woman, diagnosed as a dorsal hand tumor, revealing a bronchial adenocarcinoma. Acrometastases are rare. The distal location makes biopsy easy. Treatment is palliative with radiation or amputation; the prognosis is poor.
Raissouni
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Service de Traumatologie-Orthopédie (Pr El Manouar), CHU Rabat-Salé, Maroc.
Ismael
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Elmrini
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Boutayeb
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008663:Metacarpus