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Metastatic amelanotic melanoma with cardiac involvement: A case report.

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Brusca, RM; Griffin, JM; Miller, K; Russell, SD
Published in: J Cardiol Cases
February 2019

Metastatic melanoma has a high rate of cardiac involvement and often presents with non-specific symptoms, including heart failure. We report a case of a 41-year-old woman with a remote history of resected flank melanoma, who presented with heart failure progressing to cardiogenic shock and death. Despite extensive workup including chest computed tomography, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, and endomyocardial biopsy, the etiology of her heart failure was not diagnosed until autopsy revealed metastatic amelanotic melanoma. In patients with unexplained heart failure and a history of melanoma, imaging studies including fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography should be included in the workup to guide early diagnosis and treatment.

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J Cardiol Cases

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1878-5409

Publication Date

February 2019

Volume

19

Issue

2

Start / End Page

59 / 61

Location

Japan

Related Subject Headings

  • 3201 Cardiovascular medicine and haematology
 

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Brusca, R. M., Griffin, J. M., Miller, K., & Russell, S. D. (2019). Metastatic amelanotic melanoma with cardiac involvement: A case report. J Cardiol Cases, 19(2), 59–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jccase.2018.10.006
Brusca, Rebeccah M., Jan M. Griffin, Karin Miller, and Stuart D. Russell. “Metastatic amelanotic melanoma with cardiac involvement: A case report.J Cardiol Cases 19, no. 2 (February 2019): 59–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jccase.2018.10.006.
Brusca RM, Griffin JM, Miller K, Russell SD. Metastatic amelanotic melanoma with cardiac involvement: A case report. J Cardiol Cases. 2019 Feb;19(2):59–61.
Brusca, Rebeccah M., et al. “Metastatic amelanotic melanoma with cardiac involvement: A case report.J Cardiol Cases, vol. 19, no. 2, Feb. 2019, pp. 59–61. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.jccase.2018.10.006.
Brusca RM, Griffin JM, Miller K, Russell SD. Metastatic amelanotic melanoma with cardiac involvement: A case report. J Cardiol Cases. 2019 Feb;19(2):59–61.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Cardiol Cases

DOI

EISSN

1878-5409

Publication Date

February 2019

Volume

19

Issue

2

Start / End Page

59 / 61

Location

Japan

Related Subject Headings

  • 3201 Cardiovascular medicine and haematology