Population
1 patient, 42-year-old Caucasian female with fatal metastatic melanoma to the heart
Design
Case_report
Key result
A 42-year-old woman with a history of malignant melanoma presented with cardiac symptoms and was diagnosed with a large right atrial metastasis, ultimately dying 23 days after presentation.
Authors
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Fatal cardiac melanoma metastasis highlights diagnostic vigilance in symptomatic patients; extends sparse case reports but leaves open need for larger cohort studies.
Case Report (n=1)
Clinicians should consider cardiac metastases in patients with malignant melanoma presenting with new-onset cardiac symptoms.
Aerts et al. (2013) conducted a case report in Cardiac metastasis of malignant melanoma (n=1). Cardiac metastasis of malignant melanoma was evaluated. A 42-year-old woman with a history of malignant melanoma presented with cardiac symptoms and was diagnosed with a large right atrial metastasis, ultimately dying 23 days after presentation.
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