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

Keywords

Heart neoplasms
Melanoma
Neoplasma, unknown primary
Unknown primary

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