[Cardiac metastasis from a Merkel cell skin carcinoma. A case report].
The authors report the case of a cardiac metastasis of a Market cell skin tumour in a 72 year old woman, presenting with chest pain and infero-lateral myocardial ischaemia simulating an acute coronary syndrome. The diagnosis, suspected on echocardiography, was confirmed by thoracic CT scan. Markel cell carcinoma is a rare skin tumour classified among the malignant neuroendocrine tumours. It has a high metastatic potential, especially to the gastrointestinal tract and the lung. On the other hand, cardiac metastases are quite exceptionally rare.
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D000368:Aged; D015266:Carcinoma, Merkel Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000209:etiology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed