Metastatic malignant acrospiroma of the hand
✍ Scribed by I Görtler; H Köppl; G.B Stark; R.E Horch
- Book ID
- 117817695
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 215 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0748-7983
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## Abstract Metastatic involvement of the bones of the hand is extremely rate with an incidence of 0.007%. As of this report there are 55 cases reported in the English‐language literature. This paper reports two additional cases and the literature is reviewed.
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