Gastric Cancer Acrometastases to All Digits of One Hand Following Closed Intramedullary Nailing

Overview

Journal Skeletal Radiol

Specialties Orthopedics
Radiology

Date 2005 Nov 12

PMID 16283175

Citations 3

Authors

Won-Jong Bahk

Seung-Koo Rhee

Yong-Koo Kang

An-Hee Lee

Jung-Mi Park

Yang-Guk Chung

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Abstract

Metastatic malignant tumor of the hand is unusual and the most common site of the primary cancer is lung. Acrometastases to the phalanges of the hand usually involve a single bone, while those proximal to the phalanges often involve multiple bones. Metastasis to the hand from gastrointestinal cancer, particularly from gastric cancer, is extremely rare. To our knowledge, only five cases have been reported in the literature to date and there has been no reported case following closed intramedullary nailing for metastatic diaphyseal fracture of an ipsilateral long bone. We present a very unusual case of gastric cancer, which metastasized to all fingertips of the ipsilateral hand after closed interlocking intramedullary nailing of a pathologic fracture of the humerus.

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