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http://dx.doi.org/10.4070/kcj.2012.42.4.278

Malignant Melanoma of Unknown Primary Origin Presenting as Cardiac Metastasis  

Lee, Eun-Young (Department of Internal Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center)
Choi, Jin-Oh (Department of Internal Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center)
Park, Ha-Na (Department of Internal Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center)
Park, Eun-Jung (Department of Internal Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center)
Lee, Gil-Sun (Department of Internal Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center)
Park, Jun-Young (Department of Internal Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center)
Kim, Jung-Sun (Department of Internal Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center)
Jeon, Eun-Seok (Department of Internal Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center)
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Korean Circulation Journal / v.42, no.4, 2012 , pp. 278-280 More about this Journal
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.
Keywords
Melanoma; Neoplasma, unknown primary; Unknown primary; Heart neoplasms;
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