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. 2022 Apr-Jun;23(2):123-125.
doi: 10.4103/heartviews.heartviews_51_22. Epub 2022 Jul 23.

Cardiac Metastasis of Malignant Melanoma

Abdelhaleem Shawky Hamada  1 , Samah Farouk Abdulla Mohamed  2 , Smitha Anilkumar  1
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Cardiac Metastasis of Malignant Melanoma

Abdelhaleem Shawky Hamada et al. Heart Views. 2022 Apr-Jun.
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Transthoracic echocardiography apical four-chamber view (a) and apical two-chamber views (b). Images (c) and (d) are the corresponding images with left ventricular contrast. The multiple well-circumscribed masses are marked by blue arrows
Figure 2
Figure 2
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging long-axis four-chamber views: (a) Single cut from four-chamber CINE bright blood SSFP showing well-defined iso-to-hyperintense (melanin containing) homogenous masses (yellow arrows) in the LV and RV myocardium as well as the interatrial septum (yellow arrows). b) Four-chamber T1 postgadolinium administration showing intense enhancement of the myocardial lesions (yellow arrows). LV: Left ventricle, RV: Right ventricle, LA: Left atrium, SSFP: Steady-state free precession
Figure 3
Figure 3
Positron emission tomography/computed tomography axial images: (a) Pre-FDG administration axial computed tomography chest level, showing ill-defined hyperdense lesions (yellow arrows) scattered in the myocardium. (b) Corresponding post-FDG axial image at the same level showing intense radiotracer uptake in the aforementioned myocardial masses (yellow arrows). LV: Left ventricle, RV: Right ventricle, FDG: Fluorodeoxyglucose
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