title: Acrometastasis showing an occult lung cancer.
abstract: The purpose of this paper was to present a case of an occult lung cancer diagnosed by the presenceof a carpal bone metastatic lesion.
authors.affiliation: Hand Surgery Department, University Hospital , Modena , Italy.
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gilardi
authors.forename: Norman
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Della Rosa
authors.forename: Giordano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pancaldi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Landi
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D009382:Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / Q000473:pathology*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D051222:Trapezium Bone / Q000473:pathology*