title: Patellar metastasis from a malignant melanoma.
abstract: We report a patient with a patellar metastasis from a malignant melanoma. Only 16 other cases have been previously described in detail in the literature. A lytic lesion in the patella is most often caused by a benign tumour, but a primary or secondary malignant tumour has to be excluded.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Scarborough Hospital, England.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Jaeger
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Kruegener
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Donovan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D010329:Patella / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*