title: Arterial tumor embolism caused by metastatic melanoma: case report and literature review.
abstract: Arterial tumor embolization is a rare complication of neoplasms. This report describes a 64-year-old female with metastatic melanoma and acute arterial embolization to the left lower extremity. With surgical embolectomy, a clot was retrieved that had an atypical bland solid lead point. Pathologic examination confirmed metastatic melanoma. Further echocardiography revealed an intracardiac mass consistent with metastatic disease. The patient was seen a month later with embolization to the right middle cerebral artery.
authors.affiliation: University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, USA.
authors.forename: Marcello U
authors.initials: MU
authors.lastname: Grazziotin
authors.forename: William D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Turnipseed
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020244:Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000209:etiology; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed