J Korean Soc Echocardiogr.
1998 Jul;6(1):95-99.
Myocardial Involvement of Carcinoid Heart Disease: A Case Report
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
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 heart disease. Myocardial metastasis is an unusual manifestation of carcinoid heart disease and it was manifested as a mass lesion in the previous reports. We observed a myocardial metastasis of carcinoid tumor manifesting as diffusely infiltrative pattern.
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