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Erschienen in: Wiener klinische Wochenschrift 9-10/2014

01.05.2014 | images in clinical medicine

Cardiac surgery for metastatic melanoma

verfasst von: Ingeborg M. Keeling, MD, Igor Knez, MD, Erika Richtig, MD, Robert Zweiker, MD, Ariane Aigelsreiter, MD, Drago Dacar, MD

Erschienen in: Wiener klinische Wochenschrift | Ausgabe 9-10/2014

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A 38-year-old woman was seen at the Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Graz, after complete excision of an ulcerated nodular melanoma on her left shoulder. She had observed first symptoms of lateral growth, itching, and recurrent bleeding of a congenital nevus over a period of several months. Histopathological examination revealed a tumor thickness of 1.08 mm. Staging assessments, including tumor markers, echocardiography, whole-body computed tomography (CT) scan, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI), and positron-emission tomography (PET) scan, revealed no further lymph node involvement or distant metastases. The sentinel lymph node was tumor-free. Despite the urgent advice of adjuvant interferon therapy for 1 year, the patient declined this treatment. …
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Metadaten
Titel
Cardiac surgery for metastatic melanoma
verfasst von
Ingeborg M. Keeling, MD
Igor Knez, MD
Erika Richtig, MD
Robert Zweiker, MD
Ariane Aigelsreiter, MD
Drago Dacar, MD
Publikationsdatum
01.05.2014
Verlag
Springer Vienna
Erschienen in
Wiener klinische Wochenschrift / Ausgabe 9-10/2014
Print ISSN: 0043-5325
Elektronische ISSN: 1613-7671
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00508-014-0518-4

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