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J Hand Microsurg 2019; 11(S 01): S01-S05
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1645952
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Isolated Metastatic Carcinoma to the Hamate Bone: The First Manifestation of an Occult Malignancy

Ali Tabrizi
1   Department of Orthopedics, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran
,
Ahmadreza Afshar
1   Department of Orthopedics, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran
,
Mohammad Javad Shariyate
1   Department of Orthopedics, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran
,
Farzaneh Hosseini Gharalari
2   Department of Pathology, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran
,
Ali Aidenlou
1   Department of Orthopedics, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran
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Received: 26 January 2018

Accepted after revision: 16 March 2018

Publication Date:
25 April 2018 (online)

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Abstract

A 60-year-old man presented with swelling, pain, and tenderness at the ulnar side of his left wrist. Imaging studies demonstrated an osseous lesion in the left hamate bone. Histopathology study of the lesion revealed that the lesion was an isolated osseous metastatic carcinoma. The metastasis was the first presentation of this occult malignancy. The patient was treated with radiotherapy and chemotherapy; however, he expired 20 months after the diagnosis. This is a level IV study.

Keywords - acrometastasis - carpal metastasis - hamate - hand metastasis - wrist metastasis
 

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