Author/Authors :
Ganga Prabhakar FRCS، نويسنده , , Alexander Vasilakis MD، نويسنده , , Ronald C. Hill MD، نويسنده , , Jose L. Cruzzavala MD، نويسنده , , Geoffrey M. Graeber MD، نويسنده , , Robert A. Gustafson MD، نويسنده , , Gordon F. Murray MD، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
A 65-year-old-man was admitted for evaluation of a transient isc hemic attack. A 4.5 × 5.3-cm right atrial mass and a patent foramen ovale were identified by echocardiography. A 0.5-cm lesion was identified in the left temporal lobe of the brain by magnetic resonance imaging. Positron emission tomography was used to differentiate a tumor from an infarct in the brain. The cardiac and the brain lesions were successfully resected. Histopathologic study of the atrial and cerebral tissue demonstrated that these were metastases from a previously excised scalp desmoplastic malignant melanoma. The patient remains well at 14 months’ follow-up.
