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Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery Volume 46, 2012 - Issue 3-4
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Aggressive digital papillary adenocarcinoma of the hand: An unsuspected malignant tumour of the sweat glands

Gregorio Martínez VillénDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Unit of Hand Surgery and MicrosurgeryCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ramiro Álvarez AlegretDepartment of Pathology, University Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain
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Vicente CanalesDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Unit of Hand Surgery and Microsurgery
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Antonio HerreraDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Unit of Hand Surgery and Microsurgery
Pages 294-296 | Accepted 10 Jun 2010, Published online: 02 Jul 2012
 
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Abstract

We report a case of a man with a tumour of the palm that grew slowly for five years, being repeatedly diagnosed as a synovial cyst. Histopathological diagnosis showed an aggressive digital papillary adenocarcinoma. Thirty-eight months postoperatively there was neither recurrence nor signs of metastases.

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