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[Bilateral subungual metastasis from squamous cell carcinoma of the lung: a diagnostic trap!]
O Vanhooteghem1, M Dumont, J André
1Service de Dermatologie, Hopital Sainte Elizabeth, Namur.
Revue Medicale De Liege
|November 5, 1999
Abstract:
We report a bilateral metastasis of the fifth nail unit of the hand in a man with primary squamous-cell carcinoma of the lung. The presence of fingertip metastasis may be the first manifestation of an internal neoplasm and is related to a poor prognosis, with a survival rate of less than 50% after 6 months. Therefore, physicians should be aware of this condition when examining patients with similar unusual lesions.