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ArticleEuropean heart journal. Case reports2020

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

Georgios Georgiopoulos, Panagiota Mitropoulou, Pier Giorgio Masci, Juerg Schwitter

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Article in European heart journal. Case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Cardiac Neuroendocrine Tumor Metastases onJournal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine · 2024
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  2. Hybrid imaging of neuroendocrine tumors in the heart: Union is strength.Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology · 2023
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Georgios GeorgiopoulosSchool of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, St Thomas Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7EH, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7661-5253
Panagiota MitropoulouDepartment of Cardiology, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Southwick Hill Road, Cosham, Portsmouth PO6 3LY, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0507-3060
Pier Giorgio MasciSchool of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, St Thomas Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7EH, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5196-9530
Juerg SchwitterCentre of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance, Lausanne University Hospital, Rue du Bugnon 46, Lausanne 1011, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-9966-6149
St Thomas' Hospital · GBQueen Alexandra Hospital · GBUniversity of Lausanne · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCardiac 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 in the context of her follow-up. This raised the suspicion of pericardial involvement, which prompted a CMR study. Comprehensive CMR findings were consistent with isolated carcinoid tumour metastasis embedded within the anterior papillary muscle. We describe the CMR sequences that were used to characterize the metastasis. DISCUSSION: The rarity of cardiac metastasis of carcinoid tumour makes its diagnosis challenging and warrants a high level of clinical suspicion. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging proves to be an indispensable tool in the tissue characterization of such tumours.

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Carcinoid tumourCardiac magnetic resonance imagingCardiac metastasisCase reportCMRNeuroendocrine tumourSPECT/CT

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PMID33442650
PMCPMC7793190
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