The Role of Echocardiography in the Diagnosis of Cardiac Involvement in a Rare Systemic Condition: The Carcinoid Heart Disease: A Case Report and Review of Literature
Carcinoid heart disease is a rare presentation of the carcinoid syndrome, which is caused by excessive tumoral hormone production and the abundant release of vasoactive substances with systemic expressions. A 62-year-old woman presented with flushing, diarrhea, weight loss, and right-sided heart fai...
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| author | Adela Șerban Alexandra Dădârlat-Pop Raluca Tomoaia Claudia Hagiu Dan Axente Valer Donca Mihai Suceveanu |
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| description | Carcinoid heart disease is a rare presentation of the carcinoid syndrome, which is caused by excessive tumoral hormone production and the abundant release of vasoactive substances with systemic expressions. A 62-year-old woman presented with flushing, diarrhea, weight loss, and right-sided heart failure symptoms. Specific carcinoid heart disease features were identified using transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography at the tricuspid and pulmonic valves. Biomarkers, 99mTc-Tektrotyd scintigraphy, SPECT-CT, and a biopsy later confirmed the diagnosis, and the patient began treatment for the underlying condition. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-13b5b694a2c548eda4353ec81f5c63f52023-11-24T14:15:41ZengMDPI AGDiagnostics2075-44182022-11-011212292910.3390/diagnostics12122929The Role of Echocardiography in the Diagnosis of Cardiac Involvement in a Rare Systemic Condition: The Carcinoid Heart Disease: A Case Report and Review of LiteratureAdela Șerban0Alexandra Dădârlat-Pop1Raluca Tomoaia2Claudia Hagiu3Dan Axente4Valer Donca5Mihai Suceveanu6Cardiology Department, Heart Institute Niculae Stăncioiu, 19-21 Motilor Street, 400001 Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaCardiology Department, Heart Institute Niculae Stăncioiu, 19-21 Motilor Street, 400001 Cluj-Napoca, Romania5th Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Iuliu Haţieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 8 Victor Babes Street, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania3rd Medical Department, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400347 Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaCluj-Napoca Municipal Clinical Hospital, 400139 Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaCluj-Napoca Municipal Clinical Hospital, 400139 Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaCardiology Department, Heart Institute Niculae Stăncioiu, 19-21 Motilor Street, 400001 Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaCarcinoid heart disease is a rare presentation of the carcinoid syndrome, which is caused by excessive tumoral hormone production and the abundant release of vasoactive substances with systemic expressions. A 62-year-old woman presented with flushing, diarrhea, weight loss, and right-sided heart failure symptoms. Specific carcinoid heart disease features were identified using transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography at the tricuspid and pulmonic valves. Biomarkers, 99mTc-Tektrotyd scintigraphy, SPECT-CT, and a biopsy later confirmed the diagnosis, and the patient began treatment for the underlying condition.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/12/12/2929carcinoid heart diseasevalvular heart diseasecarcinoid syndromeechocardiographic diagnosis |
| spellingShingle | Adela Șerban Alexandra Dădârlat-Pop Raluca Tomoaia Claudia Hagiu Dan Axente Valer Donca Mihai Suceveanu The Role of Echocardiography in the Diagnosis of Cardiac Involvement in a Rare Systemic Condition: The Carcinoid Heart Disease: A Case Report and Review of Literature Diagnostics carcinoid heart disease valvular heart disease carcinoid syndrome echocardiographic diagnosis |
| title | The Role of Echocardiography in the Diagnosis of Cardiac Involvement in a Rare Systemic Condition: The Carcinoid Heart Disease: A Case Report and Review of Literature |
| title_full | The Role of Echocardiography in the Diagnosis of Cardiac Involvement in a Rare Systemic Condition: The Carcinoid Heart Disease: A Case Report and Review of Literature |
| title_fullStr | The Role of Echocardiography in the Diagnosis of Cardiac Involvement in a Rare Systemic Condition: The Carcinoid Heart Disease: A Case Report and Review of Literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Role of Echocardiography in the Diagnosis of Cardiac Involvement in a Rare Systemic Condition: The Carcinoid Heart Disease: A Case Report and Review of Literature |
| title_short | The Role of Echocardiography in the Diagnosis of Cardiac Involvement in a Rare Systemic Condition: The Carcinoid Heart Disease: A Case Report and Review of Literature |
| title_sort | role of echocardiography in the diagnosis of cardiac involvement in a rare systemic condition the carcinoid heart disease a case report and review of literature |
| topic | carcinoid heart disease valvular heart disease carcinoid syndrome echocardiographic diagnosis |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/12/12/2929 |
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