An unusual case of finger swelling: A case report

doi:10.1186/1757-1626-2-155

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Case Report

An unusual case of finger swelling: A case report

Richard M Graham¹, Melanie C Sharp² and G Patrick Ashcroft³

¹Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The Royal Preston Hospital, Sharoe Green Road, Fulwood, Preston, Lancashire, PR2 9HT, UK

²Department of Neurosurgery, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Queen's Medical Centre campus, Derby Road, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK

³Department of Orthopaedics, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZN, UK

Cases Journal 2009, 2:155doi:10.1186/1757-1626-2-155


Published:	16 October 2009

Abstract

A 66 year old man initially presented with haemoptysis and subsequently required a pneumonectomy for a lung mass, following this he had a finger swelling which was found to be a rare leiomyosarcoma and this was a metastatic deposit. This pattern of metastasis for this type of tumour has not been described before.