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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spelling	doaj-318ba02c01194cafaeb5e94f32188d362021-06-07T06:54:59ZengElsevierJACC: Case Reports2666-08492020-01-012115A Rare Case of Carcinoid Constrictive PericarditisTeresa S. Wang, MD0Emily K. Bergsland, MD1Ruth Zhang, MD2Kai Ihnken, MD3Kirsten Tolstrup, MD4Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Address for correspondence: Dr. Teresa S. Wang, Division of Cardiology, University of California-San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, M1182, San Francisco, California 94143-0124.Department of Medicine, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CaliforniaDepartment of Pathology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CaliforniaDepartment of Surgery, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CaliforniaDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CaliforniaWe 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.)http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084919304954cancerconstrictiondiastolic heart failurepleural effusion
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author	Teresa S. Wang, MD Emily K. Bergsland, MD Ruth Zhang, MD Kai Ihnken, MD Kirsten Tolstrup, MD
spellingShingle	Teresa S. Wang, MD Emily K. Bergsland, MD Ruth Zhang, MD Kai Ihnken, MD Kirsten Tolstrup, MD A Rare Case of Carcinoid Constrictive Pericarditis JACC: Case Reports cancer constriction diastolic heart failure pleural effusion
author_facet	Teresa S. Wang, MD Emily K. Bergsland, MD Ruth Zhang, MD Kai Ihnken, MD Kirsten Tolstrup, MD
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title	A Rare Case of Carcinoid Constrictive Pericarditis
title_short	A Rare Case of Carcinoid Constrictive Pericarditis
title_full	A Rare Case of Carcinoid Constrictive Pericarditis
title_fullStr	A Rare Case of Carcinoid Constrictive Pericarditis
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publisher	Elsevier
series	JACC: Case Reports
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publishDate	2020-01-01
description	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.)
topic	cancer constriction diastolic heart failure pleural effusion
url	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084919304954
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A Rare Case of Carcinoid Constrictive Pericarditis

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