Population
1 adult with shortness of breath and fainting, presenting with cardiac metastasis as the first evidence of a…
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
around 1 year
Key result
Advanced multimodality imaging, including cardiac magnetic resonance and computed tomography, successfully identified and characterized multifocal cardiac metastases as the first manifestation of malignant melanoma.
Authors
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Multimodality imaging may enable ante mortem diagnosis of cardiac melanoma metastases; leaves open whether it improves resection rates or survival.
Case Report (n=1)
No
Advanced diagnostic techniques, particularly cardiac magnetic resonance, are essential for the detection, anatomic definition, and tissue characterization of cardiac masses such as melanoma metastases.
Villa et al. (2014) conducted a case report in Cardiac metastases of melanoma (n=1). Multimodality imaging (Echocardiography, CMR, CT) was evaluated. Advanced multimodality imaging, including cardiac magnetic resonance and computed tomography, successfully identified and characterized multifocal cardiac metastases as the first manifestation of malignant melanoma.