Charcoal Heart

A 59-year-old woman with history of skin melanoma and complete excision presented with palpitations. Transthoracic echocardiogram revealed right atrial mass attached to interatrial septum. Cardiac magnetic resonance was suggestive of metastatic melanoma. Laboratory tests revealed elevated liver enzy...

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Published inJACC. Case reports Vol. 3; no. 13; pp. 1545 - 1550
Main Authors Ali, Mahmoud, Adil, Amina, Sawlani, Rahul, Jeffreys, Sana, Cheema, Omar, Galazka, Patrycja, Tajik, A. Jamil
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Inc 06.10.2021
Subjects
cardiac neoplasms
Cardiovascular
metastatic heart disease
metastatic melanoma
MM
metastatic melanoma
FDG
CMR
cardiac neoplasms
PD-1
metastatic heart disease
ICI
PET
RA
right atrial
immune checkpoint inhibitors
fluorodeoxyglucose
malignant melanoma
programmed death 1
positron emission tomography
cardiac magnetic resonance
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ISSN2666-0849
2666-0849
DOI10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.08.012

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Summary:A 59-year-old woman with history of skin melanoma and complete excision presented with palpitations. Transthoracic echocardiogram revealed right atrial mass attached to interatrial septum. Cardiac magnetic resonance was suggestive of metastatic melanoma. Laboratory tests revealed elevated liver enzymes. Liver ultrasonography showed a large mass positive for metastatic melanoma by biopsy. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.) [Display omitted]
ISSN:2666-0849
2666-0849
DOI:10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.08.012