title: [Malignant melanoma with metastatic melanoma to the heart].
abstract: Primary cancer of the heart is rare with an incidence of approximately 0.05%. Secondary tumours are more frequent with an incidence up to 1%. Malignant melanoma (MM) is causing an increasing health concern among young, white, Caucasians with an increasing incidence in Northern Europe of 5:100.000 so far. In autopsy-studies MM have shown a metastasis rate to the heart higher than 50%. We present two case stories with metastatic melanoma to the heart. Physicians addressing patients presenting with cardiac symptoms and a history of MM should be aware of the possibility of cardiac metastasis.
authors.affiliation: Istedgade 121, 2. th., 1650 København V. martin.frydland@me.com.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Frydland
authors.forename: Hanne
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Elming
authors.forename: Ole
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ahlehoff
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004452:Echocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed