[Carcinoid cardiopathy and cardiac metastases. Apropos of a case]

Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris). 1992 Jan;41(1):27-38.
[Article in French]

Abstract

We present a case of carcinoid heart disease and cardiac metastases discovered during a myocardial infarction in a 64 years-old woman who was treated for carcinod of the thymus. The patient died eight months after the diagnosis and we present the result of the autopsy. From the study of this case we review the knowledge related to carcinoïd disease and those associated with cardiac metastases.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoid Heart Disease / complications*
  • Carcinoid Tumor / secondary*
  • Female
  • Heart Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Thymus Neoplasms / pathology