title: [Cardiac metastasis from a Merkel cell skin carcinoma. A case report].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institut privé de cancérologie, clinique du Mail, 43, avenue Marie Reynoard, 38100 Grenoble.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Page
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fric
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Barjhoux
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ciapa
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Aguilaniu
mesh_terms: 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