Echocardiographic Presentations of Isolated Metastasis of Mediastinal Carcinoid to the Left Ventricle: A Case Report
Huihui Wu,Lihong Wang ,Hongyan Li
Abstract
A mediastinal carcinoid is a low-grade malignant tumor, which has low risk of metastasis, and cardiac metastasis is even rarer. When a patient has cardiac metastasis, the primary carcinoid is usually widely metastasized. In this case report, we presented occurrence of isolated left-sided cardiac metastases ten years after surgical removal of left anterior superior mediastinal carcinoid.
Keywords:carcinoid, cardiac tumors, echocardiography