Metastasis of bronchogenic carcinoma to the 5th metacarpal bone: a case report.
BACKGROUND
Metastatic lesions to the hand are very rare and represent 0.1% of all osseous metastases.


METHODS
We present a patient with metastasis of bronchogenic carcinoma of the lung to the 5th metacarpal to draw the attention for the potential of such lesions to be developed in this region. Due to the extensive metastasis to the hand the patient was referred to the oncologists.


CONCLUSIONS
The surgeon should be cautious regarding the differential diagnosis, the usual poor prognosis of such patients and the questionable need for reconstructive surgery.
Tzaveas
Alexandros
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Orthopaedic Department, B' IKA-ETAM "Panagia" Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece. tzaveas@hotmail.com.
Paraskevas
Georgios
G
Pazis
Ioannis
I
Dimitriadis
Anastasios
A
Kitsoulis
Panagiotis
P
Vrettakos
Aristeidis
A