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Metastatic well differentiated serotonin-producing pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor with carcinoid heart disease: a case report

BACKGROUND: Less than two percent of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) produce serotonin. Serotonin can cause carcinoid syndrome and less commonly carcinoid heart disease (CHD). CHD is associated with increased mortality and requires a more aggressive approach. Here we present a rare case of a...

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Autores principales: Kudelka, Matthew R., Abou-Alfa, Ghassan K., O’Reilly, Eileen M., Foote, Michael B., Sirohi, Bhawna, Elias, Rawad, Shamseddine, Ali, Paroder, Viktoriya, Moussa, Amgad M., Cohen, Paul, Ganesh, Karuna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AME Publishing Company 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10502540/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37720425
http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/jgo-22-909