title: Massive melanotic myocardial metastasis characterized by multiple cardiac imaging modalities.
abstract: Melanoma has a great propensity for cardiac involvement but most cases are diagnosed post-mortem. We present the case of a 67-year-old man with history of malignant melanoma who presented with increasing dyspnea, fatigue and peripheral edema. A large myocardial metastasis was identified on transthoracic echocardiography, and further characterized with cardiovascular magnetic resonance prior to surgery.
authors.forename: Theodoros D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Karamitsos
authors.forename: Sacha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bull
authors.forename: Jane M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Francis
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Newton
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Westaby
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Neubauer
authors.forename: Saul
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Myerson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004452:Echocardiography; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*