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Cardiac metastasis of malignant melanoma: a case report |
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| Authors: | B R J Aerts M C J M Kock M J M Kofflard P W Plaisier |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Surgery, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, P.O. Box 444, NL-3300 AK, Dordrecht, the Netherlands 2. Department of Radiology, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, P.O. Box 444, NL-3300 AK, Dordrecht, the Netherlands 3. Department of Cardiology, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, P.O. Box 444, NL-3300 AK, Dordrecht, the Netherlands |
| Abstract: | The heart is regularly involved in metastatic neoplasms with cardiac metastases being found in up to 20 % of autopsies. We present a case about a 42-year-old Caucasian female with a fatal metastatic melanoma to the heart. The five- year survival rate for stage IV melanoma (melanoma with metastases to other organs) is 15 to 20 %. If patients with malignant melanoma present with new onset of cardiac symptoms, clinicians should always be aware of the possibility of cardiac metastases and perform further investigations. |
| Keywords: | Heart Heart failure Melanoma Neoplasm metastasis |
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