Primary malignant melanoma of the oesophagus with a left atrial metastasis.
A 75 year old man with an eight month history of dysphagia and weight loss underwent pericardiocentesis for a massive pericardial effusion. The echocardiogram showed a mass in the left atrium, and computed tomography also showed distal oesophageal narrowing, which was found to be due to a malignant melanoma. The left atrial mass, investigated by immunoscintigraphy with technetium-99m labelled monoclonal antibody, was diagnosed as metastatic melanoma. This represents a rare case of primary oesophageal melanoma with left atrial metastasis.
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Medical School of Catanzaro, Italy.
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Chello
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Marchese
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Panza
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Mastroroberto
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Di Lello
D000368:Aged; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D004947:Esophagus; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*