Occult lung malignancy presenting with finger pain: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Lung cancer is currently one of the most common malignancies in the world. Early detection is an important prognostic factor. Unfortunately, initial symptoms may be vague and a substantial proportion of cases present with the effects of metastases. CASE PRESENTATION: We discuss a case...

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Autores principales: Embley, Matthew A, Goody, Rebecca B, Mughrabi, Mahmood
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2612685/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19055799
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-364
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author Embley, Matthew A
Goody, Rebecca B
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description INTRODUCTION: Lung cancer is currently one of the most common malignancies in the world. Early detection is an important prognostic factor. Unfortunately, initial symptoms may be vague and a substantial proportion of cases present with the effects of metastases. CASE PRESENTATION: We discuss a case of occult lung malignancy in a 61-year-old man. The only symptom at presentation was pain in the right ring finger due to metastasis from the lung primary. CONCLUSION: This case highlights the need for vigilance when a patient presents with unusual or unexplained symptoms, especially if they have known risk factors for cancer.
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spelling pubmed-26126852008-12-31 Occult lung malignancy presenting with finger pain: a case report Embley, Matthew A Goody, Rebecca B Mughrabi, Mahmood J Med Case Reports Case Report INTRODUCTION: Lung cancer is currently one of the most common malignancies in the world. Early detection is an important prognostic factor. Unfortunately, initial symptoms may be vague and a substantial proportion of cases present with the effects of metastases. CASE PRESENTATION: We discuss a case of occult lung malignancy in a 61-year-old man. The only symptom at presentation was pain in the right ring finger due to metastasis from the lung primary. CONCLUSION: This case highlights the need for vigilance when a patient presents with unusual or unexplained symptoms, especially if they have known risk factors for cancer. BioMed Central 2008-12-04 /pmc/articles/PMC2612685/ /pubmed/19055799 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-364 Text en Copyright © 2008 Embley et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Occult lung malignancy presenting with finger pain: a case report
title Occult lung malignancy presenting with finger pain: a case report
title_full Occult lung malignancy presenting with finger pain: a case report
title_fullStr Occult lung malignancy presenting with finger pain: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Occult lung malignancy presenting with finger pain: a case report
title_short Occult lung malignancy presenting with finger pain: a case report
title_sort occult lung malignancy presenting with finger pain: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2612685/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19055799
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-364
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