Tiptoeing on Metastatic Adenocarcinoma of the Lung
Lung cancer remains the top cause of cancer-related death in the United States. Metastases to the distal phalanges are rare. This case illustrates an interesting presentation of metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung that was mistaken for a benign condition of the toe.
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author | Arupreet Kochar Harrison D. Winters Li Zhang Bin Zhang Kamia Thakur Rajesh Essrani |
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description | Lung cancer remains the top cause of cancer-related death in the United States. Metastases to the distal phalanges are rare. This case illustrates an interesting presentation of metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung that was mistaken for a benign condition of the toe. |
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spelling | doaj-art-d6bdccdac11142dfadafc192f73b84cb2025-02-03T06:10:59ZengWileyCase Reports in Oncological Medicine2090-67062090-67142019-01-01201910.1155/2019/93028619302861Tiptoeing on Metastatic Adenocarcinoma of the LungArupreet Kochar0Harrison D. Winters1Li Zhang2Bin Zhang3Kamia Thakur4Rajesh Essrani5General Internal Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, USAGeneral Internal Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, USAHematology/Oncology, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, USAPathology and Laboratory Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, USAGeneral Internal Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, USAGeneral Internal Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, USALung cancer remains the top cause of cancer-related death in the United States. Metastases to the distal phalanges are rare. This case illustrates an interesting presentation of metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung that was mistaken for a benign condition of the toe.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9302861 |
spellingShingle | Arupreet Kochar Harrison D. Winters Li Zhang Bin Zhang Kamia Thakur Rajesh Essrani Tiptoeing on Metastatic Adenocarcinoma of the Lung Case Reports in Oncological Medicine |
title | Tiptoeing on Metastatic Adenocarcinoma of the Lung |
title_full | Tiptoeing on Metastatic Adenocarcinoma of the Lung |
title_fullStr | Tiptoeing on Metastatic Adenocarcinoma of the Lung |
title_full_unstemmed | Tiptoeing on Metastatic Adenocarcinoma of the Lung |
title_short | Tiptoeing on Metastatic Adenocarcinoma of the Lung |
title_sort | tiptoeing on metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung |
url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9302861 |
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