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