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Chir Main
; 27(4): 187-90, 2008 Sep.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18760951
RESUMO
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.