A PAINFUL SHOULDER

A case is outlined of a patient presenting with a painful shoulder, Me tastatic malignant melanoma was diagnosed. The sites of origin of mela notic lesions as well. as metastatic sites are described, Both gross a nd radiological appearances of such lesion are not uniform, varying fr om osteolytic to osteoblastic forms, Treatment is for the most part in effective, The outcome is rapid and invariably fatal.