2017 Volume 31 Issue 3 Pages 255-260
A 63-year-old man was diagnosed with malignant melanoma on the right side of his back. Recurrence was detected in the form of right axillary lymph node metastasis in the same year, and axillary dissection was immediately performed. The patient received postoperative chemotherapy and interferon therapy for 9 years and was recurrence-free during this period. Following this, he developed dyspnea and a right atrium tumor was detected. The tumor was resected and he was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma. The cardiac metastasis of a malignant melanoma is often seen as a part of systemic metastasis. However, many of these metastases are asymptomatic and remain undiagnosed until their progression. We also summarize data from 9 autopsies of patients with malignant melanoma who visited our hospital between 2000 and 2015.[Skin Cancer (Japan) 2016 ; 31 : 255-260]
