TY - JOUR T1 - Satellite implantation of the skin with malignant melanoma JF - Saudi Medical Journal JO - Saudi Med J SP - 1404 LP - 1406 VL - 27 IS - 9 AU - Abdulqadir M. Zangana Y1 - 2006/09/01 UR - http://smj.org.sa/content/27/9/1404.abstract N2 - We report a 68-year-old female patient referred to the Surgical Department of Erbil Teaching Hospital university hospital, Erbil, Iraq with the diagnosis of malignant melanoma of the right upper thigh of one-year duration. Six months after primary lesion, she developed a satellite skin nodule of malignant melanoma over the unhealthy skin of the anterior abdominal wall in direct contact with the primary lesion. She also had a pendulous abdominal wall. This kind of spread of melanoma is unusual, and of non-classical route. We also discussed herein, similar cases admitted to our hospital. ER -