Myocardial Involvement of Carcinoid Heart Disease: A Case Report.
- Author:
Yong Jin KIM
1
;
Dae Won SOHN
;
Yung Jue BANG
;
Byung Hee OH
;
Yun Shik CHOI
;
Young Woo LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Carcinoid;
Myocardial metastasis
- MeSH:
Carcinoid Heart Disease*;
Carcinoid Tumor*;
Neoplasm Metastasis
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Echocardiography
1998;6(1):95-99
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Carcinoid tumors have been described in almost every organ and may affect virtually every body system. Cardiac involvement manifesting as right-sided valvular disease is characteristic of the carcinoid heart disease. Myocardial metastasis is an unusual manifestation of carcinoid heart disease and it was manifested as a mass lesion in the previous reports. We observed a myocardial metastasis of carcinoid tumor manifesting as diffusely infiltrative pattern.
