Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma with a solitary phalangeal metastasis.
A patient with pathologically proven acrometastasis of his left thumb presented 3 months after esophagectomy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Interestingly, there was indeed a faint uptake in his left thumb that was initially considered an artifact in the whole body bone scan taken before esophagectomy. Physicians must be aware of the possibility of acrometastasis, even if there is no other concomitant metastatic area.
Hsieh
Ching-Yun
CY
Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, China. hsieh.baba@gmail.com
Bai
Li-Yuan
LY
Lo
Woei-Chung
WC
Huang
Hsin-Hui
HH
Chiu
Chang-Fang
CF
D016477:Artifacts; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D016629:Esophagectomy; D050278:Finger Phalanges / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016879:Salvage Therapy