Phalange metastasis from carcinoma of alveolus.
Metastatic involvement of a phalanx by head and neck cancers is rare. We report a case of a 66-year-old man with squamous cell carcinoma of the alveolus who had no residual disease or local recurrence after treatment but presented with metastasis to the middle phalanx of the middle finger.
Department of Radiotherapy & Oncology, Rural Medical College, Loni, Ahmednagar, Maharastra, India.
Rajeev
R
Shrivastava
K K
KK
Singh
B R
BR
Umbarker
R
R
Karle
M
M
Shrivastava
D000368:Aged; D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000473:pathology*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D050278:Finger Phalanges / Q000473:pathology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary