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Metastatic Endometrioid Carcinoma Mimicking a Subungual Melanoma

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  • Jena C. Glavy

    (Department of OBGYN, Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command, San Diego, CA 92134, USA)

  • Shian L. Peterson

    (Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command, San Diego, CA 92134, USA)

  • Jonathan Strain

    (Department of Pathology, Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command, San Diego, CA 92134, USA)

  • Kevin Byrd

    (Department of OBGYN, Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command, San Diego, CA 92134, USA)

  • James H. Flint

    (Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command, San Diego, CA 92134, USA)

Abstract

Case: We report a case of a 76-year-old female with a stage IB, grade I endometrioid endometrial carcinoma who presented with right-hip pain and an enlarging black, exophytic, subungual lesion on her right-small-finger distal phalanx. Clinically, the distal phalanx lesion was suspicious for a subungual melanoma; however, advanced imaging suggested metastatic disease, with lesions in the acetabulum, lungs, brain, vulva, and vagina. Conclusion: Partial amputation of the right, small finger and vulvar biopsies confirmed an endometrial carcinoma. To our knowledge, this is the first described case of endometrial adenocarcinoma metastasis to the phalanx of an upper extremity, mimicking a subungual melanoma.

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  • Jena C. Glavy & Shian L. Peterson & Jonathan Strain & Kevin Byrd & James H. Flint, 2022. "Metastatic Endometrioid Carcinoma Mimicking a Subungual Melanoma," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(21), pages 1-7, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:21:p:14494-:d:963665
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