A concealed carcinoid cardiac metastasis uncovered by comprehensive cardiovascular magnetic resonance-based tissue characterization: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiac metastases of carcinoid tumours are extremely rare, and their diagnosis poses a significant challenge. A variety of techniques has been reported in the literature for this purpose, ranging from echocardiogram to the Indium-111 Octreotide, positron emission tomography using specific tracers, and biopsy. Occasionally, the diagnosis is only made post-mortem. Recently, CMR (cardiovascular magnetic resonance) has been added to the diagnostic toolkit. This case report describes the CMR sequences that can be used to characterize cardiac metastases of carcinoid tumours.

Case summary

A 55-year-old woman with an antecedent history of resected carcinoid tumour of the ileocecal junction underwent whole-body In-111 Octreoscan single-photon emission computed tomography

SUBMITTER: Georgiopoulos G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7793190 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature