An Atypical Metastasis of Follicular-Type Adenocarcinoma of the Thyroid Gland to Thumb

Bone metastasis in the hand is rare. The etiology of metastatic hand cancers is different from other bones. Bronchogenic carcinoma is the most common primary tumor metastasis to hand. In this paper a rare case of thumb metastasis from “follicular-type carcinoma” of the thyroid is presented.

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Autor principal: Huri, Gazi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3504291/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23198224
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/735789
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description Bone metastasis in the hand is rare. The etiology of metastatic hand cancers is different from other bones. Bronchogenic carcinoma is the most common primary tumor metastasis to hand. In this paper a rare case of thumb metastasis from “follicular-type carcinoma” of the thyroid is presented.
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spelling pubmed-35042912012-11-29 An Atypical Metastasis of Follicular-Type Adenocarcinoma of the Thyroid Gland to Thumb Huri, Gazi Case Rep Orthop Case Report Bone metastasis in the hand is rare. The etiology of metastatic hand cancers is different from other bones. Bronchogenic carcinoma is the most common primary tumor metastasis to hand. In this paper a rare case of thumb metastasis from “follicular-type carcinoma” of the thyroid is presented. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-12-29 /pmc/articles/PMC3504291/ /pubmed/23198224 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/735789 Text en Copyright © 2011 Gazi Huri. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full An Atypical Metastasis of Follicular-Type Adenocarcinoma of the Thyroid Gland to Thumb
title_fullStr An Atypical Metastasis of Follicular-Type Adenocarcinoma of the Thyroid Gland to Thumb
title_full_unstemmed An Atypical Metastasis of Follicular-Type Adenocarcinoma of the Thyroid Gland to Thumb
title_short An Atypical Metastasis of Follicular-Type Adenocarcinoma of the Thyroid Gland to Thumb
title_sort atypical metastasis of follicular-type adenocarcinoma of the thyroid gland to thumb
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3504291/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23198224
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