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2013974

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-5-16
pubmed:abstractText
A female patient suffering from a bronchial neuroendocrine tumor with unilateral left-sided carcinoid heart disease is reported. Repeated x-ray films of the chest showed a slowly growing lung tumor in the left lower lobe. The patient refused any diagnostic or therapeutic procedure to define the type of the tumor. During the follow-up of 24 years she developed severe mitral and moderate to severe aortic insufficiency, both invasively quantified by thermodilution techniques. During surgery for double valve replacement the patient died from left ventricular heart failure. Necropsy revealed the typical pattern of a bronchial neuroendocrine tumor without metastases. Examination of the heart disclosed the characteristic deposits of fibrous tissue on the cusps of both the mitral and the aortic valves whereas the right heart showed no abnormalities. Review of the literature suggests the unilateral left-sided carcinoid heart disease to be a very rare finding, its pathogenesis remains to be elucidated.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0023-2173
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
6
pubmed:volume
69
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
128-33
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Bronchial neuroendocrine (carcinoid) tumor causing unilateral left-sided carcinoid heart disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Departement für Innere Medizin, Universitätsspital Zürich, Schweiz.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports