Compartment syndrome complicating metastatic malignant melanoma

Compartment syndrome is well documented in the literature. Neoplasia as a c ause is a rare. We report a patient with known metastatic malignant melanom a presenting with a compartment syndrome of the arm caused by a relatively slow growing, non-invasive metastatic deposit. This was excised and the pat ient made an uneventful recovery. (C) 2000 The British Association of Plast ic Surgeons.