A Rare Case of Carcinoid Constrictive Pericarditis

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 diagnosi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Wang, Teresa S., Bergsland, Emily K., Zhang, Ruth, Ihnken, Kai, Tolstrup, Kirsten
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8301495/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34316954
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.11.037
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Sumario: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.)

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