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Metastatic melanoma to the heart.

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Allen, BC; Mohammed, TL; Tan, CD; Miller, DV; Williamson, EE; Kirsch, JS
Published in: Curr Probl Diagn Radiol
2012

Melanoma is a common neoplasm with a propensity to metastasize to the heart. Although cardiac metastasis is rarely diagnosed ante mortem, using a multimodality approach, several imaging findings may be seen. Echocardiography is often the initial imaging method used to detect cardiac metastases and their complications. On computed tomography, intraluminal filling defects and myocardial/pericardial nodules may be seen. On magnetic resonance imaging, metastatic melanoma is classically hyperintense on T1 images and hypointense on T2 images, a result of the T1 shortening of melanin; however, this is seen in a minority of cases. As melanoma metastases are fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose avid, fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography may also be used to detect cardiac metastases.

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Published In

Curr Probl Diagn Radiol

DOI

EISSN

1535-6302

Publication Date

2012

Volume

41

Issue

5

Start / End Page

159 / 164

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Myocardium
  • Melanoma
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Humans
  • Heart Neoplasms
  • Heart
 

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Allen, B. C., Mohammed, T. L., Tan, C. D., Miller, D. V., Williamson, E. E., & Kirsch, J. S. (2012). Metastatic melanoma to the heart. Curr Probl Diagn Radiol, 41(5), 159–164. https://doi.org/10.1067/j.cpradiol.2011.09.001
Allen, Brian C., Tan Lucien Mohammed, Carmela D. Tan, Dylan V. Miller, Eric E. Williamson, and Jacobo S. Kirsch. “Metastatic melanoma to the heart.Curr Probl Diagn Radiol 41, no. 5 (2012): 159–64. https://doi.org/10.1067/j.cpradiol.2011.09.001.
Allen BC, Mohammed TL, Tan CD, Miller DV, Williamson EE, Kirsch JS. Metastatic melanoma to the heart. Curr Probl Diagn Radiol. 2012;41(5):159–64.
Allen, Brian C., et al. “Metastatic melanoma to the heart.Curr Probl Diagn Radiol, vol. 41, no. 5, 2012, pp. 159–64. Pubmed, doi:10.1067/j.cpradiol.2011.09.001.
Allen BC, Mohammed TL, Tan CD, Miller DV, Williamson EE, Kirsch JS. Metastatic melanoma to the heart. Curr Probl Diagn Radiol. 2012;41(5):159–164.
Journal cover image

Published In

Curr Probl Diagn Radiol

DOI

EISSN

1535-6302

Publication Date

2012

Volume

41

Issue

5

Start / End Page

159 / 164

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Myocardium
  • Melanoma
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Humans
  • Heart Neoplasms
  • Heart