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Peripheral bone metastasis of a rare lung cancer
A M de Abaffy1, R H Richter, J Grünert
1Department of Hand and Plastic Surgery, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery
|November 5, 1998
Abstract:
This article describes the case of a 54 year-old man with a rare large cell cancer of the lung who presented with a metastasis to the right hand. Radiography showed destruction of the phalanx, and histology study confirmed a metastasis of the lung cancer. Metastatic spread is discussed and compared to other metastatic diseases of the hand.