title: Elderly presentation of tetralogy of Fallot precipitated by an occult bronchial carcinoid tumour.
abstract: A 68-year-old female with tetralogy of Fallot is presented. She had become progressively symptomatic in the 2-3 months prior to referral and at operation was found to have a previously unsuspected neuroendocrine secreting bronchial carcinoid tumour subsequently removed by lobectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Killingbeck Hospital, Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Waller
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Walker
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery