TY - JOUR
T1 - Palliative surgery for skeletal metastases from melanoma in the scaphoid - A critical case report appraisal
AU - Stahl, Stéphane
AU - Stahl, Adelana Santos
AU - Lotter, Oliver
AU - Pfau, Matthias
AU - Perner, Sven
AU - Schaller, Hans Eberhard
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2012/8
Y1 - 2012/8
N2 - A 46-year-old woman with a history of metastatic malignant melanoma presented with what appeared to be a scaphoid nonunion. Biopsy and subsequent scaphoid excision confirmed the diagnosis of metastatic melanoma. Her quality of life was improved for her remaining 13 months by scaphoid excision. We assessed our results in relation to the literature.
AB - A 46-year-old woman with a history of metastatic malignant melanoma presented with what appeared to be a scaphoid nonunion. Biopsy and subsequent scaphoid excision confirmed the diagnosis of metastatic melanoma. Her quality of life was improved for her remaining 13 months by scaphoid excision. We assessed our results in relation to the literature.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84863722549&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.bjps.2012.01.019
DO - 10.1016/j.bjps.2012.01.019
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 22386497
AN - SCOPUS:84863722549
SN - 1748-6815
VL - 65
SP - 1111
EP - 1115
JO - Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
JF - Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
IS - 8
ER -
