Carcinoma and Metastases to the Bones of the Hand

Metastatic Colon Cancer to the Hand

“…14,15 Tumors that metastasize to the bones of the hand are rare, but they do occur and should be included in the differential diagnosis of osteolytic lesions of the hand. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Metastasis to the small bones of the hand are very rare, being only 0.1 per cent of all osseous metastases. 16 Generally speaking, bony metastasis to the hand from any primary malignancy is associated with a poor prognosis related to the diffuse dissemination of the carcinoma usually present.…”

“…M ETASTATIC TUMORS TO THE HAND are rare occurrences with few reports of this entity in the literature. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Among those cases recorded, metastases from carcinoma of the lung accounts for 50 per cent of cases, and 15 per cent are metastatic from breast carcinoma. The remaining 35 per cent of tumors originate from the gastrointestinal or genitourinary tract, parotid gland, skin, and nasopharynx.…”

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma with hand metastasis

“…Primary lung tumors comprise almost 50% of neoplasms that metastase to hands, followed by kidney and breast. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma very rarely metastases to hands (Gold and Reefe, 1963).. Metastases to the hand represents widespread disease and carries a poor prognosis (Amadio and Lombardi, 1987). Amputation, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, curettage and wide excision are the modes of treatment used most often.…”