Primary neuroendocrine tumours of the heart: case report and literature review
| Autor: | Brian Hemendra Ramnaraign, Ellery Altshuler, Haneen Saker |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Pathology Gastrointestinal tract Interventional cardiology business.industry Cancer Intervention Case Report General Medicine 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Carcinoma Neuroendocrine Neuroendocrine Carcinomas Neuroendocrine Tumors 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine.anatomical_structure 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis medicine Humans Neuroendocrine carcinoma Pancreas Surgical treatment business |
| Zdroj: | BMJ Case Rep |
| ISSN: | 1757-790X |
| DOI: | 10.1136/bcr-2021-242517 |
| Popis: | Neuroendocrine tumours occur most frequently in the gastrointestinal tract, lungs, and pancreas. Primary malignant cardiac tumours are uncommon and are usually sarcomas, lymphomas, or, infrequently, mesotheliomas. Primary cardiac neuroendocrine carcinomas are exceedingly rare; only nine have been reported in the literature to date. We report the tenth case of this disorder in a 44-year-old man with a well-differentiated low-grade primary cardiac neuroendocrine carcinoma treated with surgery who remains in remission more than a year later. Our case and review of the literature demonstrate that surgical treatment for well-differentiated primary cardiac neuroendocrine carcinomas can be effective. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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