Recurrent syncope in a case of metastatic malignant melanoma--an unusual presentation of an uncommon disease.
Cardiac tumours may be rare causes of syncope. Here we report a malignant melanoma that metastasized to the right atrium as an intracavitary mass that intermittently obstructed the tricuspid valve producing syncope episodes.
Ozer
Necla
N
Hacettepe University, Cardiology Department, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey. neclaozer@hotmail.com
Yavuz
Bunyamin
B
Atalar
Enver
E
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D013575:Syncope / Q000209:etiology*
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents