Metastatic carcinoid to the conducting system - Is it a rare or merely unrecognized manifestation of carcinoid cardiopathy? A case report and review of the literature

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1538-1540

  Shehata, Bahig M ^a   Thomas, Jean E ^b   Doudenko Rufforny, Irina ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARCINOID; CARCINOID CARDIOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEUM CANCER; METASTASIS;

CARCINOID HEART DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; ILEAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS;

EID: 0036997870     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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