| Literature DB >> 18760951 |
E Plotkine1, R Coscas, P Guigui.
Abstract
Acrometastases are rare and often misdiagnosed or overlooked. We report the case of an 80-year-old patient in whom an acrometastasis in the right long finger from a nasopharyngeal carcinoma was diagnosed. The treatment consisted of amputation through the proximal phalanx and resulted in a good recovery. To our knowledge, no case of acrometastasis from this origin has been reported in the literature to date. A literature review is also presented regarding acrometastasis diagnosis and treatment.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18760951 DOI: 10.1016/j.main.2008.07.003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chir Main ISSN: 1297-3203