Skeletal muscle metastasis from malignant melanoma: a case report and review of the literature

Yujin Zhu, Sathiyamoorthy Selvarajan, Kesavan Sittampalam, Richard Quek, Mohamad Farid, Melissa Ching Ching Teo

Abstract


Malignant melanoma can spread to any organ. The most common sites of metastasis are skin, subcutaneous tissue and lymph nodes, followed by lung, liver and brain. Skeletal muscle metastases from melanoma are rare and only reported sporadically in literature. We report a case of a 31 year old male with multiple intramuscular metastases from malignant melanoma.


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5430/crcp.v2n3p1

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Case Reports in Clinical Pathology

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