Invasive carcinoid tumor of the heart

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 264-266

  Hennington, Mark H ^a   Detterbeck, Frank C ^b   Szwerc, Michael F ^b   Fidler, Mary E ^b  

^a Hickory Heart Lung Vasc Assoc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoid syndrome; Enterochromaffin cells; Myocardial invasion; Occult pancreatic primary tumor; Valvular disease

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; HEART CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX SCINTISCANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOID TUMOR; ENTEROCHROMAFFIN CELLS; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031469393     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199712)66:4<264::AID-JSO8>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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