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Models of Bone Metastasis
Published on: September 4, 2012
Metastasis of bronchogenic carcinoma to the 5th metacarpal bone: a case report
Alexandros Tzaveas1, Georgios Paraskevas, Ioannis Pazis
1Orthopaedic Department, B' IKA-ETAM "Panagia" Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece. tzaveas@hotmail.com.
Background:
Metastatic lesions to the hand are very rare and represent 0.1% of all osseous metastases.
Case Presentation:
We present a patient with metastasis of bronchogenic carcinoma of the lung to the 5th metacarpal to draw the attention for the potential of such lesions to be developed in this region. Due to the extensive metastasis to the hand the patient was referred to the oncologists.
Conclusion:
The surgeon should be cautious regarding the differential diagnosis, the usual poor prognosis of such patients and the questionable need for reconstructive surgery.
