A Rare Case of Carcinoid Constrictive Pericarditis

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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Main Authors: Teresa S. Wang, MD, Emily K. Bergsland, MD, Ruth Zhang, MD, Kai Ihnken, MD, Kirsten Tolstrup, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:JACC: Case Reports
Subjects:
cancer
constriction
diastolic heart failure
pleural effusion
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084919304954

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