Unusual presentation of metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung

On September 2013, a 62-year-old man with metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung complained tenderness and pain of the first terminal phalange of his right hand. The biopsy confirmed metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung to the finger. A single 8-Gy fraction of palliative radiotherapy was delivered t...

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Published in:Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine
Main Authors: Blerina Resuli, Roberto Lisi, Daniela Musio, Vincenzo Tombolini
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apjtb.2016.02.001
https://doaj.org/article/c5b80f1f15314b94b4e0aa7404ac65e5
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Summary:On September 2013, a 62-year-old man with metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung complained tenderness and pain of the first terminal phalange of his right hand. The biopsy confirmed metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung to the finger. A single 8-Gy fraction of palliative radiotherapy was delivered to the patient's right hand. The patient received magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound surgery treatment to the phalange because he showed few improvement of clinical symptoms and persistence of moderate pain after radiotherapy. After magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound surgery, the clinical symptoms improved significantly. No serious adverse effects were reported and the patient compliance was very high. Our patient showed improvement of clinical symptoms after combined treatment. The patient remains in good health conditions.