title: Recent malignant dyspnea.
abstract: A 61-year-old man, consulted the clinic for dyspnea and cough worsening for 15 days. His past medical history was limited to a cutaneous melanoma 15 years previously, treated by surgery. He was thought to be cured, and was relapse free for the subsequent five years. Echocardiography revealed a large intracardiac mass occupying at least three quarters of the right ventricle, extending to the outflow tract. Echocardiography, MRI findings and anatomopathological examination are presented. Melanoma metastasis is discussed, with particular attention to cardiac localizations.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, Arnaud de Villeneuve University Hospital, Montpellier, France. francois.roubille@orange.fr
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Roubille
authors.forename: Gérald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gahide
authors.forename: Guillaume
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cayla
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Serre
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sportouch-Dukhan
authors.forename: Jean-Marc
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Davy
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Piot
mesh_terms: D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology*; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*