Uncommon Manifestations of Lung Cancer: Diagnostic Challenges and Valuable Insights From a Rare Clinical Case.

Lung cancer is commonly diagnosed at advanced stages, often presenting with metastases. Although bone metastases are common in lung cancer patients, acrometastases - metastatic lesions in the bones of the hand - are exceedingly rare. Herein, we report the case of a 71-year-old male with previously undiagnosed lung adenocarcinoma, which first manifested as a painful swelling in the right hand.

Advantages and disadvantages of 3D printing for pre-operative planning of revision hip surgery.

Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is one of the most successful and cost-effective interventions in medicine nowadays, providing reliable pain relief and functional improvement to those with osteoarthritis or inflammatory arthritis of the hip (P Kinov, B Antonov,'Possibilities for surgical treatment of acetabular osteolysis subsequent to revision arthroplasty of hip joint', Orthop Trauma. 52, 2015). Revision hip arthroplasty or severe reconstructive procedures in cases with significant anatomical defects require skilled surgical staff and accurate preoperative planning, including bone insufficiency, deficiency, discontinuity (anatomical assessment) as well as augmentation, cage or other requirements.