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The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume
Vol. 89-B, Issue 9 | Pages 1243 - 1246
1 Sep 2007
Elhassan B Fakhouri A

While primary squamous-cell carcinoma of the hand is common, metastasis of a squamous-cell carcinoma to the hand is very rare. It has been reported to arise from carcinoma of the lung and oesophagus and, rarely, from other tumours. We describe a patient with metastatic squamous-cell carcinoma occurring in the first web space of the hand from primary lung cancer, which remained undetected for 30 months after treatment of the metastasis.