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10559584

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-1-11
pubmed:abstractText
A 42-year-old woman, who had undergone excision of a melanoma of her right forearm 3 years before (Breslow's index 4.4 mm), was admitted to hospital for the evaluation of an superior vena cava syndrome. The thoracic CT scan and the phlebography showed obstruction of the superior vena cava by an endovascular tumor. Abdominal, pelvis and cranial CT scans did not reveal any other metastatic localization. Surgery with extracorporeal circulation was performed. The mass was resected and histopathologic examination confirmed the endovascular metastatic melanoma. There was no heart metastasis. The patient was then given a polychemotherapy. She was still alive after 18 months of follow-up after the initial metastasis. To our knowledge, no similar case has previously been reported and surgical treatment, as for isolated heart metastatic melanoma, may be considered for vascular metastasis, as in our case.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1018-8665
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
199
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
156-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Surgical treatment of an endovascular metastatic melanoma of the superior vena cava.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Dermatology, CHU de Bordeaux, Hôpital du Haut-Lévêque, Pessac, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports