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Metastatic tumors of the heart, though rare, can present as primary myocardial infarction and arrhythmias due to direct myocardial invasion.
Metastatic tumours requires further investigation in the cardio-oncology field as they are extremely rare and have a large variety of clinical signs and symptoms, complicating the diagnostic process. Wepresent a clinical case of the delayed diagnosis of primary cutaneous melanoma after cardiovascular complications have developed (myocardial infarction and recurrent paroxysmal heart rhythm disturbances). The complications were caused by the tumor invasion into the left ventricular myocardium.
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