Journal of Hand Surgery
Volume 25, Issue 6 , Pages 1169-1172, November 2000

Metastatic thymic carcinoma in a digit: A case report☆☆☆

Departments of Surgery/Orthopaedics and Pathology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

Received 25 April 2000; accepted 7 May 2000.

Abstract 

Acrometastases are a rare but important clinical entity. We present the case of a 54-year-old man with a metastasis to a digit from a primary thymic carcinoma. The prognostic implications of such a diagnosis are discussed. (J Hand Surg 2000;25A:1169-1172. Copyright © 2000 by the American Society for Surgery of the Hand.)

Keywords:  Acrometastasis, phalanx, thymic carcinoma

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☆ No benefits in any form have been received or will be received from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article.

☆☆ Reprint requests: Edward A. Athanasian, MD, Department of Surgery/Orthopaedics, Suite A675, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave, New York, NY 10021.

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Journal of Hand Surgery
Volume 25, Issue 6 , Pages 1169-1172, November 2000

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