Aggressive digital papillary adenocarcinoma of the hand.
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.
Rafee
A
A
Orthopaedics Department, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Royal Preston Hospital, Preston, UK. asanrafeea@doctors.org.uk
Prasad
G
G
Phang
S
S
Ramesh
P
P
D000231:Adenocarcinoma, Papillary / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*