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A rare case of thymic carcinoid presenting with gastrointestinal symptoms and pericardium effusion
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2021 Background Thymic carcinoid is one of an extremely rare type of malignant neuroendocrine tumor with a poor prognosis. Invasion of thymic carcinoid to other organs could lead to devastating consequences.
Qun-yan Xiang, Jin Xu, Ling Liu
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Journal of Medical Cases, 2020 Carcinoid heart disease is an unusual cause of right heart failure. We present the case of a 53-year-old man with a history of metastatic carcinoid tumors originating from the appendix, status post-chemotherapy, and liver embolizations. The patient presented with a right-sided valvular disease with severe pulmonic valve regurgitation, right ventricle ...
Mariani Salazar-Leon +4 more
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Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications, 2023 Objective: Neuro-endocrine tumors (NET) resulting in syndromes of serotonin excess can lead to cardiac involvement, and substantial mortality and morbidity.
S. Ghanta, S. Vallurupalli
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Carcinoid Heart Disease: Starting From Heart Failure
Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2017 Carcinoid syndrome is the constellation of symptoms mediated by humoral factors produced by some carcinoid tumors. It consists primarily of vasomotor symptoms, gastrointestinal hypermotility, hypotension, and bronchospasm, due to the production and ...
Nicole Bertin MD +5 more
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JACC: Case Reports, 2020 Carcinoid heart disease is a complication of carcinoid syndrome. The role of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in carcinoid heart disease is unclear. We present a case of refractory heart failure due to right- and left-sided carcinoid heart disease
Jennifer Bell, MD +4 more
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Carcinoid heart disease: the winking heart [PDF]
Heart Asia, 2013 A 70-year-old woman with a metastatic neuroendocrine tumour presented with heart failure. A 2D transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) showed thickened, retracted and fixed tricuspid valve (TV) leaflets with free-flowing tricuspid regurgitation (figure 1A, online supplementary videos 1 and 2), and thickened and retracted pulmonary valve (PV) cusps with ...
José Luis Moya Mur +3 more
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Tumor carcinóide: contributo da ecocardiografia para o diagnóstico.
Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2011 Carcinoid tumors are rare, most commonly originating from the neuroendocrine cells in the gastrointestinal tract. Carcinoid syndrome is characterized by flushing, diarrhea, and bronchospasm.
Pedro Amador +6 more
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A 15-year comprehensive literature review of 99 primary ovarian carcinoid tumors
Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2022 Objective: Primary ovarian carcinoids are neuroendocrine tumors, representing up to 1% of all ovarian tumors. In this paper, the authors aimed at analyzing the clinical and pathological aspects of all recently published ovarian carcinoid, providing new ...
Tiberiu-Augustin Georgescu +6 more
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Structural Heart, 2020 Carcinoid heart disease is seen in 50% of patients with carcinoid syndrome and is the main cause of morbidity and mortality.
Amin Sabet +5 more
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Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation as a Presenting Symptom of Metastasized Carcinoid Tumor
Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2012 A 66-year-old woman was diagnosed with hepatic metastasized carcinoid tumor of the ileocecal junction resulting in elevated plasma chromogranin A levels and urinary 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) levels.
Anton F. Engelsman +5 more
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