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Primary melanoma of the heart: case report of an association with coronary stenosis
- Source :
- European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery. 10(7)
- Publication Year :
- 1996
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Abstract
- A 63-year-old man presented with unstable angina. The coronary angiogram revealed a proximal left anterior descending artery (LAD) stenosis and an irregularity on the anterior wall of the left ventricle. Intraoperatively, a malignant melanoma, independent of the coronary stenosis, was identified and resected, and an internal mammary graft was inserted. No primary tumor was found. The patient is alive 18 months after operation, with a normal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which seems to be the technique of choice for following-up heart melanomas.
- Subjects :
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Coronary Disease
Heart Neoplasms
Left coronary artery
medicine.artery
Internal medicine
medicine
Humans
cardiovascular diseases
Derivation
Melanoma
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Unstable angina
Magnetic resonance imaging
General Medicine
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Primary tumor
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Stenosis
medicine.anatomical_structure
Ventricle
Cardiology
Surgery
Radiology
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10107940
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....44edfe9863918d729d916485c2463037