Surgical management of the patient with metastatic melanoma to the heart

Joshua M. Judge; John D. Tillou; Craig L. Slingluff; John A. Kern; Irving L. Kron; Geoffrey R. Weiss

doi:10.1111/jocs.12054

Surgical management of the patient with metastatic melanoma to the heart

Joshua M. Judge, John D. Tillou, Craig L. Slingluff, John A. Kern, Irving L. Kron, Geoffrey R. Weiss

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Abstract

Melanoma has a high propensity for cardiac seeding, with heart involvement noted in a significant number of patients at autopsy. Therapeutic options are currently limited, and the prognosis of cardiac metastasis is poor. We report two cases of cardiac metastasis of melanoma and review the current literature. In addition, we propose an algorithm for dealing with this difficult problem.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	124-128
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Cardiac Surgery
Volume	28
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jocs.12054
State	Published - Mar 2013
Externally published	Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Surgery
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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