Surgical Resection of Atypical Metastatic Melanoma to the Atriocaval
Junction: A Case Report
Abstract
Metastatic tumors to the heart include lymphomas, sarcoma, leukemia, and
melanoma. Of these, metastatic melanoma is the most common, and are
usually hematogenous, where metastatic lesions can be present in the
left ventricle, right atrium, and/ or the right ventricle. We present an
atypical metastatic melanoma pattern, where cardiac metastasis
originated by direct extension from the adjacent gastric mesentery. We
also present our trans-cardiac resection approach, which was the safest
way to access the cardiac metastasis intra-operatively without
disrupting the tumor.