Cardiovascular Pathology
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 153-157 , May 2010

Metastatic malignant melanoma manifesting as an intracardiac mass

  • Angela Wood

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
    • ,
  • Svetomir N. Markovic

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
    • The Melanoma Study Group, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
    • ,
  • Patricia J.M. Best

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
    • ,
  • Lori A. Erickson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
    • The Melanoma Study Group, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Division of Anatomic Pathology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. Tel.: +1 507 284 1199.

Received 29 October 2008 ,Revised 9 December 2008 ,Accepted 19 December 2008.

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 No funding was received in support of our study.

PII: S1054-8807(08)00191-9

doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2008.12.010

Cardiovascular Pathology
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 153-157 , May 2010

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