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European Journal of Echocardiography 2006 7(3):233-234; doi:10.1016/j.euje.2005.11.004
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Copyright © 2005, The European Society of Cardiology

Recurrent syncope in a case of metastatic malignant melanoma – An unusual presentation of an uncommon disease

Necla Ozer*, Bunyamin Yavuz and Enver Atalar

Hacettepe University, Cardiology Department, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey

Received 5 October 2005; received in revised form 8 November 2005; accepted after revision 17 November 2005.

* Corresponding author. Tel.: +90 3123051780; fax: +90 3123114058. neclaozer{at}hotmail.com


  Abstract

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.

Keywords: Syncope; Melanoma; Tumour


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