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KMID : 0390619980060010095
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Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound
1998 Volume.6 No. 1 p.95 ~ p.99
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Myocardial Involvement of Carcinoid Heart Disease : A Case Report
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Kim Yong-Jin
Bang Young-Jue
Sohn Dae-Won
Oh Byung-Hee
Choi Yun-Shik
Lee Young-Woo
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Abstract
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Carcinoid tumors have been described in almost every organ and may affect virtually every body system. Cardiac involvement manifesting as right-sided valvular disease is characteristic of the carcinoid heart disease. Myocardial metastasis is an unusual manifestation of carcinoid heart disease and it was manifested as a mass lesion in the previous reports. We observed a myocardial metastasis of carcinoid tumor manifesting as diffusely infiltrative pattern.
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KEYWORD
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Carcinoid, Myocardial Metastasis
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