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[[File:Metastatic malignant melanoma, heart.jpg|thumb|Malignant melanoma metastasizing to the heart]]This is '''''a metastatic involvement of the heart:'''''
* no tumor (with the exception of [[Melanoma|malignant melanoma]] ) metastasizes exclusively to the heart,
* ''cardiac metastases:'' [[Melanoma|malignant melanoma]] , [[bronchogenic carcinoma]] , [[Breast Tumors|breast carcinoma]]
* '''clinically:''' acute pericarditis, cardiac tamponade, rapid enlargement of the cardiac shadow, [[arrhythmia]] incl. atrioventricular blocks, rapid development of [[Heart failure (internal)|heart failure]] (however, 90% of metastases are clinically silent
* '''therapy:''' hl. palliation: [[pericardiocentesis]] for effusion, [[radiotherapy]] , [[Antitumor therapy|chemotherapy]]

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=== References ===
* {{Cite
|type = book
|surname1 = Klener
|name1 = P
|collection = yes
|title = Internal Medicine
|edition = 3
|city = Praha
|publisher = Galén
|year = 2006 
|isbn = 80-7262-430-X
}}
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[[Category:Internal Medicine]]
[[Category:Cardiology]]
[[Category:Pathology]]
[[Category:Oncology]]