title: Digital Acrometastasis as Initial Presentation in Carcinoma of Lung A Case Report and Review of Literature.
abstract: Bony metastases develop in 30% of all the cancers, but out of which only 1% to 3% occurs in the hand. Lung is the most common site for acrometastasis, followed by breast and renal cell cancer. Metastases to the digits are with non-specific presentation. We reported a case of 79-year-old male patient with initial presentation of swelling over left index finger, which was found to be squamous cell carcinoma of finger on histopathological examination. He was subsequently diagnosed as a case of squamous cell carcinoma of lung with acrometastasis.
authors: Senior Resident, Department of Radiation Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences , Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India .
authors: Tapan Kumar
authors: TK
authors: Sahoo
authors: Senior Resident, Department of Radiation Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences , Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India .
authors: Saroj Kumar
authors: SK
authors: Das
authors: Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences , Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India .
authors: Saroj Kumar Das
authors: SK
authors: Majumdar
authors: Professor and Head, Department of Radiation Oncology, Acharya Harihara Regional Cancer Centre , Cuttack, Odisha, India .
authors: Surendra Nath
authors: SN
authors: Senapati
authors: Professor and Head, Department of Radiation Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences , Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India .
authors: Dillip Kumar
authors: DK
authors: Parida
keywords: Amputation; Bony metastases; Lung cancer