title: Aggressive digital papillary adenocarcinoma of the hand.
abstract: This paper reports the case of a 26-year-old Caucasian male with an aggressive digital papillary adenocarcinoma of his right index finger. Aggressive digital papillary adenocarcinoma is a rare tumour arising from sweat glands which occurs characteristically on the hands, fingers and toes. It has a high rate of local recurrence and can metastasise, occasionally resulting in mortality.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedics Department, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Royal Preston Hospital, Preston, UK. asanrafeea@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rafee
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Phang
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ramesh
mesh_terms: D000231:Adenocarcinoma, Papillary / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*