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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)
  • Published : 2012.04.30
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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.

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