title: Palliative surgery for skeletal metastases from melanoma in the scaphoid--a critical case report appraisal.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Burn Center, BG-Trauma Center, Eberhard-Karl University of Tübingen, Schnarrenbergstr. 95, 72076 Tübingen, Germany. sstahl@bgu-tuebingen.de
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stahl
authors.forename: Adelana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Santos Stahl
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lotter
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pfau
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Perner
authors.forename: Hans-Eberhard
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Schaller
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D021361:Scaphoid Bone; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed