1. A Rare Case of Carcinoid Constrictive Pericarditis
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Teresa S. Wang, MD, Emily K. Bergsland, MD, Ruth Zhang, MD, Kai Ihnken, MD, and Kirsten Tolstrup, MD
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cancer ,constriction ,diastolic heart failure ,pleural effusion ,Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system ,RC666-701 - Abstract
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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- 2020
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