Rare case of concurrent suprasternal and cardiac metastasis from small bowel neuroendocrine tumour
| Autor: | Xinyi Nan, Anoj Dharmawardhane |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Surgical Case Reports. 2022 |
| ISSN: | 2042-8812 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/jscr/rjac308 |
| Popis: | Neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) are rare tumours derived from the neuroendocrine cell system, arising across a wide range of organs, most commonly the gastrointestinal tract and bronchopulmonary symptoms. Although NETs can metastasis widely throughout the body, cardiac metastasis is rare with an incidence of 2–4% and usually presents in the presence of extensive metastasis elsewhere. Suprasternal metastasis to the neck is exceedingly rare with |
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