title: Invasive carcinoid tumor of the heart.
abstract: Carcinoid tumors have been described in almost every organ and may affect virtually every body system. Cardiac involvement manifesting as right-sided valvular disease is characteristic of the carcinoid syndrome; however, direct myocardial involvement is unusual. We present a case of an invasive carcinoid tumor whose primary manifestation was myocardial invasion.
authors.affiliation: Hickory Heart, Lung, and Vascular Associates, Hickory, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Hennington
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Detterbeck
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Szwerc
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Fidler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004759:Enterochromaffin Cells / Q000473:pathology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology