Treatment of a malignant bronchial carcinoid affecting the mediastinum and left atrium by radical two stage resection with cardiopulmonary bypass and somatostatin infusion.
At operation a malignant bronchial carcinoid that had invaded the left atrium produced a carcinoid crisis in a 63 year old woman. A somatostatin infusion was required to resuscitate the heart and circulation and to allow subsequent resection of the carcinoid under cardiopulmonary bypass.
Darby
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John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
Sinclair
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Westaby
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D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D008303:Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D013004:Somatostatin