Primary malignant melanomas of uterine cervix are quite rarely seen neoplasms, and long-life prognosis of patients with this\ndisease is poor. Immunohistochemical methods and exclusion of other primary melanoma sites are used to confirm the diagnosis.\nAs with other melanomas, cervix malignant melanomas may also cause cardiac metastases. Cardiac metastases are among rarely\nseen but more commonly encountered cases, compared to primary cardiac tumors. Here, we present a case of biatrial cardiac\nmetastases in a 73-year-old patient with uterine cervix malignant melanomas. The patient underwent echocardiography, cardiac\nmagnetic resonance imaging, and computed tomography. Our report shows the importance of advanced diagnostic techniques,\nsuch as cardiac magnetic resonance, not only for the detection of cardiac masses, but for a better anatomic definition and tissue\ncharacterization. Although the cases ofmalignant melanomas leading tomultiple cardiac metastasis were reported in literature, the\nmetastatic concurrence of malignant melanomas in both right and left atriums is quite rarely encountered as metastatic malignant\nmelanomas. Also, another intriguing point in our case is that the primary lesion of our case was stemmed from uterine cervix, but\nnot skin.
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