Yonsei Med J.  2000 Oct;41(5):666-668. 10.3349/ymj.2000.41.5.666.

Squamous cell lung cancer with solitary subungual metastasis

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, Inha University College of Medicine, Inchon, Korea. jsryu@inha.ac.kr
  • 2Department of Pathology, Inha University College of Medicine, Inchon, Korea.
  • 3Department of Dermatology, Inha University College of Medicine, Inchon, Korea.

Abstract

Subungual metastasis resulting from internal malignancies is an extremely rare event. A few cases of subungual metastasis from lung cancer have been reported. However, subungual metastasis arising from lung cancer without any other form of distant metastases has not been reported. The misdiagnosis of a solitary subungual metastases as a benign inflammatory lesion is an important problem as it may cause the misdiagnosis of a lower stage of lung cancer. We may be reporting the first case of a subungual metastasis from lung cancer without any other distant metastases.

Keyword

Lung cancer; Subungual metastasis

MeSH Terms

Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/secondary*
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/radiography
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/pathology
Case Report
Human
Lung Neoplasms/radiography
Lung Neoplasms/pathology*
Male
Middle Age
Nails*/pathology
Radiography, Thoracic
Skin Neoplasms/secondary*
Skin Neoplasms/pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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