Lung Cancer Presenting as Acrometastasis to the Finger: A Case Report
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 o...
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ebd1d5f2c6f740ff8f98374d9f0127bf2025-08-20T02:21:49ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352010-01-01201010.1155/2010/234289234289Lung Cancer Presenting as Acrometastasis to the Finger: A Case ReportLawrence Stephen Long0Leslea Brickner1Lisa Helfend2Tony Wong3Derek Kubota4Department of Medicine, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA 94611, USADepartment of Medicine, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA 94611, USADepartment of Pathology, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA 94611, USADepartment of Medicine, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA 94611, USADepartment of Radiology, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA 94611, USALung 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/234289 |
| spellingShingle | Lawrence Stephen Long Leslea Brickner Lisa Helfend Tony Wong Derek Kubota Lung Cancer Presenting as Acrometastasis to the Finger: A Case Report Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Lung Cancer Presenting as Acrometastasis to the Finger: A Case Report |
| title_full | Lung Cancer Presenting as Acrometastasis to the Finger: A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Lung Cancer Presenting as Acrometastasis to the Finger: A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lung Cancer Presenting as Acrometastasis to the Finger: A Case Report |
| title_short | Lung Cancer Presenting as Acrometastasis to the Finger: A Case Report |
| title_sort | lung cancer presenting as acrometastasis to the finger a case report |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/234289 |
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