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Case Reports
. 2016 Oct;29(4):428-429.
doi: 10.1080/08998280.2016.11929500.

Melanoma to the heart

Charis G Durham  1 , James A Hall  1 , Erica J Fidone  1 , Ryan Mack  1 , Austin L Metting  1
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Case Reports

Melanoma to the heart

Charis G Durham et al. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2016 Oct.

Abstract

Malignant melanoma is the third most common skin cancer yet has the highest mortality rate due to its predilection for metastasis. While the diagnosis of antemortem melanoma with cardiac metastasis is relatively uncommon, diagnosing malignant melanoma itself by first identifying a cardiac metastasis is even more rare. This vignette describes an antemortem diagnosis of melanoma in a 50-year-old woman through identification of metastasis to multiple sites, including the tricuspid valve.

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Intracardiac mass evident on CT thorax with iodinated contrast.
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