Malignant melanoma of unknown primary origin presenting as cardiac metastasis

Eun Young Lee; Jin Oh Choi; Ha Na Park; Eun Jung Park; Gil Sun Lee; Jun Young Park; Jung Sun Kim; Eun Seok Jeon

doi:10.4070/kcj.2012.42.4.278

Malignant melanoma of unknown primary origin presenting as cardiac metastasis

Eun Young Lee
, Jin Oh Choi
, Ha Na Park
, Eun Jung Park
, Gil Sun Lee
, Jun Young Park
, Jung Sun Kim
, Eun Seok Jeon

Sungkyunkwan University

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Abstract

Malignant melanoma has a very high propensity to metastasize to the heart. However, melanoma may sometimes present as a metastatic lesion in the absence of a primary lesion, which are called melanomas of unknown primary origin. We report a case in which a patient presented with a metastatic maligant melanoma in the right atrium with pericardial effusion and without a primary origin.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	278-280
Number of pages	3
Journal	Korean Circulation Journal
Volume	42
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4070/kcj.2012.42.4.278
State	Published - Apr 2012

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Heart neoplasms
Melanoma
Neoplasma, unknown primary
Unknown primary

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Malignant melanoma of unknown primary origin presenting as cardiac metastasis

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