Carcinoid heart disease of gonadal primary presenting with hypoxia: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Carcinoid heart disease is a potential sequela of metastatic neuroendocrine tumour that has characteristic valve appearances. Patients can present with symptoms of carcinoid syndrome or be relatively asymptomatic until symptoms of progressive heart failure manifest.

Case summary

We present a case of a 54-year-old male who was admitted to the hospital for investigation of hypoxia. Transthoracic echocardiogram was suggestive of carcinoid heart disease which subsequently led to a diagnosis of metastatic neuroendocrine (carcinoid) tumour of the testicular primary. Work-up revealed a patent foramen ovale with evidence of the right to left interatrial shunt from severe tricuspid regurgitation as the cause of his hypoxia. Prior to surgical excision of the primary tumour,

SUBMITTER: O'Driscoll R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8189296 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature