Massive melanotic myocardial metastasis characterized by multiple cardiac imaging modalities.
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.
Karamitsos
Theodoros D
TD
Bull
Sacha
S
Francis
Jane M
JM
Newton
James
J
Westaby
Stephen
S
Neubauer
Stefan
S
Myerson
Saul
S
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*