Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Tanz R

Publications

• Case Report
  A Thumb Acrometastasis Revealing Lung Adenocarcinoma: A Case Report and Review
  
  Author(s): Khmamouche MR, Aassab R, Debbagh A, Elbahraouy A, Mahfoud T, Tanz R, Ichou M and Errihani HKhmamouche MR, Aassab R, Debbagh A, Elbahraouy A, Mahfoud T, Tanz R, Ichou M and Errihani H
  
  Lung cancer is the commonest cause of acrometastatic disease to the fingers. Treatment of acrometastasis is palliative with radiation or amputation and the prognosis is poor. The authors report a case of phalangeal metastasis in a man aged 72 years old, diagnosed as a painful swelling of the thumb, revealing a bronchial adenocarcinoma. An amputation of the thumb was performed. Histology confirmed a metastasis from the lung adenocarcinoma. The patient died one month after discovery of the primary tumor. .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7920.1000241

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