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An unusual case of finger swelling: A case report

Richard M Graham1, Melanie C Sharp2 and G Patrick Ashcroft3

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

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

Department 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.


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