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[Hand and foot acrometastasis secondary to breast carcinoma]
A Biyi1, Y Oufroukhi, A Doudouh
1Service de médecine nucléaire, hôpital militaire d'instruction Mohamed V, Rabat instituts, BP 6614, Rabat, Maroc. abdelhamidbiyi@yahoo.fr
Chirurgie De La Main
|October 9, 2009
Abstract:
Hands and feet acrometastases are rarely observed. The authors report a case of bone metastasis to the left thumb and the right second metatarsal bone in a 37-year-old woman with breast carcinoma. Through this case report, mechanisms of such metastases are reviewed.
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