title: Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma with a solitary phalangeal metastasis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, China. hsieh.baba@gmail.com
authors.forename: Ching-Yun
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Hsieh
authors.forename: Li-Yuan
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Woei-Chung
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.forename: Hsin-Hui
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Chang-Fang
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Chiu
mesh_terms: 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