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[Acrometastasis of the hand. Case report]
Z Raissouni1, F Ismael, A Elmrini
1Service de Traumatologie-Orthopédie (Pr El Manouar), CHU Rabat-Salé, Maroc.
Acta Orthopaedica Belgica
|August 3, 2002
Abstract:
The authors report a case of metacarpal metastasis in a young woman, diagnosed as a dorsal hand tumor, revealing a bronchial adenocarcinoma. Acrometastases are rare. The distal location makes biopsy easy. Treatment is palliative with radiation or amputation; the prognosis is poor.