Charcoal Heart: Metastatic Melanoma Mimicking Right Atrial Myxoma

A 59-year-old woman with history of skin melanoma and complete excision presented with palpitations. Transthoracic echocardiogram revealed right atrial mass attached to interatrial septum. Cardiac magnetic resonance was suggestive of metastatic melanoma. Laboratory tests revealed elevated liver enzy...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ali, Mahmoud, Adil, Amina, Sawlani, Rahul, Jeffreys, Sana, Cheema, Omar, Galazka, Patrycja, Tajik, A. Jamil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8511469/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34693357
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.08.012
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Sumario:A 59-year-old woman with history of skin melanoma and complete excision presented with palpitations. Transthoracic echocardiogram revealed right atrial mass attached to interatrial septum. Cardiac magnetic resonance was suggestive of metastatic melanoma. Laboratory tests revealed elevated liver enzymes. Liver ultrasonography showed a large mass positive for metastatic melanoma by biopsy. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

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