Secondary malignant melanoma arising in a contralateral thigh donor site.
A case is reported in which a malignant melanoma appeared in a split-skin graft donor site on the contralateral thigh despite the fact that there had been an interval of 1 week between the excision of the primary tumour and the harvesting of the split-skin graft.
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013848:Thigh