A Rare Case of Carcinoid Constrictive Pericarditis
| Autor: | Teresa S. Wang, Kai Ihnken, Kirsten Tolstrup, Ruth Zhang, Emily K. Bergsland |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0301 basic medicine
Constrictive pericarditis medicine.medical_specialty Heart disease Pleural effusion constriction Case Report 030105 genetics & heredity Constriction 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Clinical Case pleural effusion Rare case NET neuroendocrine tumor medicine Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system cancer neoplasms business.industry diastolic heart failure Diastolic heart failure Cancer medicine.disease digestive system diseases RC666-701 Lymph Radiology Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | JACC Case Reports JACC: Case Reports, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 1-5 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2666-0849 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.11.037 |
| Popis: | We describe a case of atypical carcinoid heart disease. A 62-year-old woman with well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumor metastatic to the liver and lymph nodes presented with recurrent unilateral pleural effusions and lower extremity edema. Multimodality imaging and workup resulted in the diagnosis of carcinoid-related constrictive pericarditis, a rare form of carcinoid heart disease. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.) Graphical abstract A 62-year-old woman with well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumor metastatic to the liver and lymph nodes presented with recurrent unilateral pleural… |
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