title: Compartment syndrome complicating metastatic malignant melanoma.
abstract: Compartment syndrome is well documented in the literature. Neoplasia as a cause is a rare. We report a patient with known metastatic malignant melanoma presenting with a compartment syndrome of the arm caused by a relatively slow growing, non-invasive metastatic deposit. This was excised and the patient made an uneventful recovery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Burns Surgery, Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Simmons
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Wharton
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Waters
mesh_terms: D003161:Compartment Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D008875:Middle Aged; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*