Cardiac metastasis of malignant melanoma: a case report

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 t...

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Autores principales: Aerts, B. R. J., Kock, M. C. J. M., Kofflard, M. J. M., Plaisier, P. W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bohn Stafleu van Loghum 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3890009/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23821495
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12471-013-0441-8
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author Aerts, B. R. J.
Kock, M. C. J. M.
Kofflard, M. J. M.
Plaisier, P. W.
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description 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.
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spelling pubmed-38900092014-01-14 Cardiac metastasis of malignant melanoma: a case report Aerts, B. R. J. Kock, M. C. J. M. Kofflard, M. J. M. Plaisier, P. W. Neth Heart J Case Report 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. Bohn Stafleu van Loghum 2013-07-03 2014-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3890009/ /pubmed/23821495 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12471-013-0441-8 Text en © The Author(s) 2013 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited.
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title Cardiac metastasis of malignant melanoma: a case report
title_full Cardiac metastasis of malignant melanoma: a case report
title_fullStr Cardiac metastasis of malignant melanoma: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Cardiac metastasis of malignant melanoma: a case report
title_short Cardiac metastasis of malignant melanoma: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3890009/
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