Display options
Cite
Long LS, Brickner L, Helfend L, et al. Lung cancer presenting as acrometastasis to the finger: a case report. Case Rep Med. 2010;2010:234289doi: 10.1155/2010/234289.
Long, L. S., Brickner, L., Helfend, L., Wong, T., & Kubota, D. (2010). Lung cancer presenting as acrometastasis to the finger: a case report. Case reports in medicine, 2010234289. https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/234289
Long, Lawrence Stephen, et al. "Lung cancer presenting as acrometastasis to the finger: a case report." Case reports in medicine vol. 2010 (2010): 234289. doi: https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/234289
Long LS, Brickner L, Helfend L, Wong T, Kubota D. Lung cancer presenting as acrometastasis to the finger: a case report. Case Rep Med. 2010;2010:234289. doi: 10.1155/2010/234289. Epub 2010 Jun 13. PMID: 20589088; PMCID: PMC2892658.
Copy Download .nbib Format: NLM
Share it on

Case Rep Med. 2010;2010:234289. doi: 10.1155/2010/234289. Epub 2010 Jun 13.

Lung cancer presenting as acrometastasis to the finger: a case report.

Case reports in medicine

Lawrence Stephen Long, Leslea Brickner, Lisa Helfend, Tony Wong, Derek Kubota

Affiliations

  1. Department of Medicine, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA 94611, USA.

PMID: 20589088 PMCID: PMC2892658 DOI: 10.1155/2010/234289

Abstract

Lung cancer is the commonest cause of acrometastatic disease to the fingers. Here we describe a case of occult lung cancer presenting as unrelenting finger pain and swelling from a metastatic phalangeal fracture. The patient's management was largely palliative and he died soon after discovery of the primary tumor. Digital acrometastatic disease rarely becomes symptomatic before the primary lung cancer is diagnosed and, as observed in this case, carries a very poor prognosis. Clinicians should be cognizant of the strong association between digital acrometastases and bronchogenic carcinoma and vigilant in screening high-risk patients with importunate finger symptoms.

References

  1. Curr Oncol. 2008 Oct;15(5):51-8 - PubMed
  2. Int J Dermatol. 2005 Jan;44(1):47-9 - PubMed
  3. J Natl Med Assoc. 1975 Jul;67(4):275-6 - PubMed
  4. Br J Dermatol. 1998 Apr;138(4):708 - PubMed
  5. South Med J. 1983 Jul;76(7):927 - PubMed
  6. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1983 Dec;65(9):1331-5 - PubMed
  7. J Hand Surg Am. 2002 Sep;27(5):876-81 - PubMed
  8. Med Oncol. 1998 Dec;15(4):282-5 - PubMed
  9. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2005 Jul 20;(3):CD003474 - PubMed
  10. N Engl J Med. 2009 Aug 20;361(8):745-55 - PubMed
  11. J Hand Surg Am. 1987 Jan;12(1):77-83 - PubMed
  12. Ann Chir Main. 1982;1(2):137-45 - PubMed

Publication Types