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Query: UMLS:C0018099 (gout)
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A marked cutaneous axonal dystrophy has been observed electronmicroscopically for the first time in the skin of three patients: (a) lesion of pityriasis lichenoides chronica in a patient with bronchogenic carcinoma, (b) non involved skin of a patient with malignant melanoma and (c) non involved skin of a patient with gout and retinal damage after prolonged use of chloroquine. The affected myelinated and non myelinated axons showed distinct alterations of mitochondria and multiple osmiophilic lamellated bodies (LK). These changes were interpreted as a (poly-)neuropathy, due to the influence of toxic systemic agents, such as malignant tumor and abuse of drugs. Chloroquine is known to induce neural damage. Moreover, some other compounds (ergotamine, ethaverine, analgetic preparations) may also be responsible for the drug-induced axonal dystrophy described in this study.
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PMID:[Tumor- and drug-induced cutaneous axonal dystrophy. An electronmicrocopy proof of multiple lamellated bodies]. 17 47

Bone metastasis in the hand is rare. The etiology is quite different from that of metastasis to other bones; bronchogenic carcinoma is by far the most frequent case. Distal phalanges are mainly involved with irregular osteolysis and cortical destruction. Differential diagnosis of phalangeal metastasis includes osteomyelitis, rheumatoid arthritis and gout. The prognosis is always that of metastatic bronchial cancer with an average survival of three months. Treatment may involve distal digital amputation or antalgic radiotherapy. A case of bronchogenic carcinoma with metastasis to the thumb is presented. The metastasis was located in the distal phalanx of the left thumb. The primary tumor was located in the lung. Treatment consisted of amputation. The overall survival was five months.
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PMID:Metastasis of bronchogenic carcinoma to the thumb. 995 94