Vanel D, Luboinski B, Micheau C, Wibault P, Masselot J
Service de Radiodiagnostic, Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif.
J Radiol. 1990 Mar;71(3):237, 244.
The direct propagation of a cancer of the buccal cavity or oropharynx to the bone of a distal phalanx is demonstrated in two patients suffering from onychophagy. This exceptional way of cancer propagation must be searched for if an unusual site of metastasis is encountered.