Carcinoid heart disease associated with primary ovarian carcinoid tumor

Nithima Chaowalit; Heidi M Connolly; Hartzell V Schaff; Maurice J Webb; Patricia A Pellikka

doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.01.075

Carcinoid heart disease associated with primary ovarian carcinoid tumor

Am J Cardiol. 2004 May 15;93(10):1314-5. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.01.075.

Authors

Nithima Chaowalit¹, Heidi M Connolly, Hartzell V Schaff, Maurice J Webb, Patricia A Pellikka

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.

PMID: 15135715
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.01.075

Abstract

Because the venous drainage of the ovary bypasses the portal circulation, carcinoid heart disease in patients with primary ovarian carcinoid tumors may develop in the absence of liver metastasis. We describe 4 patients who presented with symptomatic carcinoid heart disease in association with primary ovarian carcinoid tumor.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Carcinoid Heart Disease / complications
Carcinoid Heart Disease / diagnosis*
Carcinoid Heart Disease / diagnostic imaging
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography
Female
Humans
Ovarian Neoplasms / complications*
Ovarian Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Ovarian Neoplasms / pathology
Radionuclide Imaging