Aggressive surgical treatment of digital papillary adenocarcinoma.

The case of a 38-year-old white man with digital papillary adenocarcinoma is presented. It is a lesion of the skin often occurring in the digits of the hand or of the feet. This disease is rare and has not been reported in the plastic surgical or orthopedic literature to date. A case report is presented here along with our rationale for aggressive surgical treatment consisting of amputation.

[1]  A. Verloes,et al.  Dominant mesomelic shortness of stature with acral synostoses, umbilical anomalies, and soft palate agenesis. , 1995, American journal of medical genetics.

[2]  D. Buck-Gramcko,et al.  The treatment of metacarpal synostosis. , 1993, The Journal of hand surgery.

[3]  E. Hubert,et al.  TAR syndrome with orofacial clefting. , 1993, Genetic counseling.

[4]  T. Miura.  Congenital synostosis between the fourth and fifth metacarpal bones. , 1988, The Journal of hand surgery.

[5]  Roberto Aldegheri,et al.  Limb Lengthening by Callus Distraction (Callotasis) , 1987, Journal of pediatric orthopedics.

[6]  D. Lamb,et al.  Congenital Fusion of the Little and Ring Finger Metacarpal Bones , 1983, The Hand.

[7]  M. Robinow,et al.  Syndactyly type V. , 1982, American journal of medical genetics.

[8]  F. J. Harvey.  Bilateral Ulnar “Thumbs” , 1979, The Hand.

[9]  L. Deliss.  Congenital Metacarpal Malformation , 1977, The Hand.

[10]  E. Wolf,et al.  Metacarpal 4-5 fusion with X-linked recessive inheritance. , 1972, American journal of human genetics.