Summary
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.
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Publication history
Published online: March 05, 2012
Accepted:
January 23,
2012
Received:
December 15,
2011
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Copyright
© 2012 British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
