Invasive carcinoid tumor of the heart.
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.
Hennington
M H
MH
Hickory Heart, Lung, and Vascular Associates, Hickory, North Carolina, USA.
Detterbeck
F C
FC
Szwerc
M F
MF
Fidler
M E
ME
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