These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Acral Metastasis of the Fingers: Report of 2 Cases.
    Author: Baños-Arévalo AJ, López-Navarro N, Gallego-Domínguez E, Herrera E.
    Journal: Actas Dermosifiliogr (Engl Ed); 2018 Dec; 109(10):e1-e4. PubMed ID: 29724431.
    Abstract:
    Cutaneous metastases appear in 0.6% to 10.4% of malignant tumors and account for 2% of all cutaneous tumors. Metastasis to the skin may arise from progression of a known primary tumor or provide the first sign of an unsuspected one. Acral metastases are particularly unusual. Most derive from bone tumors. Clinical signs vary and the lesions generally resemble infection or inflammation, leading to diagnostic delays. When metástasis involves the fingers, the primary tumor is usually lung carcinoma. In contrast, toe involvement usually derives from a tumor in the genitourinary tract. A pathologic diagnosis in these cases is necessary and will suggest the location of the primary tumor. We report 2 cases of metástasis to the fingers. One is the first report of acral metástasis of a myoepithelial carcinoma of the breast. The other concerns acral metástasis as the first sign of lung carcinoma.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]