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Multiple Acrometastases in a Patient with Renal Pelvic Urothelial Cancer
Joint Authors
Tanaka, Sakae
Nakagawa, Tohru
Niimi, Aya
Haga, Nobuhiko
Ikegami, Masachika
Shinoda, Yusuke
Sawada, Ryoko
Kobayashi, Hiroshi
Homma, Yukio
Source
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-07-03
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Metastasis may occur in any bone but more commonly occurs in the spine, pelvis, or other axial bones.
Metastasis in peripheral bones located distal to the elbow or knee, so-called acrometastasis, is rare.
Although the mechanism of acrometastasis development is not completely understood, it is thought to be the result of a massive dissemination of cancer cells; thus the prognosis of patients with acrometastasis is relatively poor.
Here, we report the case of renal pelvic cancer with multiple acrometastases in both the upper and lower extremities without axial bone metastasis in a 68-year-old man.
After two regimens of chemotherapy, he suffered from pain on his wrist and ankle and swelling and hemorrhage of his toe.
He had no axial bone metastasis by CT but was diagnosed with multiple acrometastases by plain radiographs.
Radiation therapy and disarticulation of the left big toe at the metacarpal-phalangeal joint were performed and his pain and hemorrhage were successfully controlled.
Although acrometastasis from renal pelvic cancer is very rare, we should recognize that acrometastasis might occur which exists outside of the CT scanning field.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Sawada, Ryoko& Shinoda, Yusuke& Niimi, Aya& Nakagawa, Tohru& Ikegami, Masachika& Kobayashi, Hiroshi…[et al.]. 2017. Multiple Acrometastases in a Patient with Renal Pelvic Urothelial Cancer. Case Reports in Urology،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1150578
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Sawada, Ryoko…[et al.]. Multiple Acrometastases in a Patient with Renal Pelvic Urothelial Cancer. Case Reports in Urology No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-4.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Sawada, Ryoko& Shinoda, Yusuke& Niimi, Aya& Nakagawa, Tohru& Ikegami, Masachika& Kobayashi, Hiroshi…[et al.]. Multiple Acrometastases in a Patient with Renal Pelvic Urothelial Cancer. Case Reports in Urology. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1150578
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1150578