Resection of Cardiac metastasis of malignant melanoma
Korean Circulation Journal
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: 1170-1174, 2000.
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em Coreano
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ABSTRACT
Malignant melanoma is unique in its propensity to metastasize to the heart with frequencies ranging from 50% to 71%. We report a case of a resection of large intracavitary malignant melanoma causing obstruction of the right ventricular inflow and outflow tract of the heart. A 49-year-old-woman presented clinical symptoms and signs of life-threatening congestive right heart failure. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography revealed a large intracavitary mass occupying the entire right ventricle. Inguinal lymph node biopsy demonstrated metastatic melanoma. The cardiac main mass was palliatively resected and demonstrated to be a metastatic melanoma. The patient improved symptomatically about 60 days after the operation.
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Assunto principal:
Biópsia
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Ecocardiografia Transesofagiana
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Estrogênios Conjugados (USP)
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Coração
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Insuficiência Cardíaca
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Ventrículos do Coração
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Linfonodos
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Melanoma
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Metástase Neoplásica
Limite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Korean Circulation Journal
Ano de publicação:
2000
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