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Metastatic tumors of the phalange of the thumb are uncommon. We describe two cases which appear to be very particularly rare: those from broncogenic carcinoma and from renal cell carcinoma. In our one case from the bronchogenic carcinoma, digital metastasis was the first sign of the presence of a malignant tumor, and amputation was perfomed with chemotherapy thereafter. However, this patient died three months later. The other case had multiple metastases involving lung and skin. No surgical treatment was sustained because of a poor general condition and the patient died two months later.
We describe these two cases and discuss about the metastases to the phalanges of the hand.
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