Hand metastasis from melanoma: a case study.
Metastases to the hand are rare. Most frequently they result from carcinomas of the lung, breast or kidney. This is a case report of a rare peripheral metastatic lesion in a 24-year-old man with melanoma. There are no previously reported hand metastases from melanoma. Because of the extremely poor prognosis for patients with osseous metastases from melanoma, treatment should be palliative.
D000328:Adult; D006225:Hand / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010166:Palliative Care; D011379:Prognosis; D013933:Thumb / Q000473:pathology