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Metastatic carcinoid tumor to the heart: echocardiographic-pathologic study of 11 patients

Utpal H. Pandya, MD^*, Patricia A. Pellikka, MD^*, Maurice Enriquez-Sarano, MD^*, William D. Edwards, MD, Hartzell V. Schaff, MD and Heidi M. Connolly, MD^*,*

^* Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Division of Anatomic Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

View larger version (81K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Echocardiographic features. (A) Metastatic carcinoid tumors (M) affecting the left and right ventricles. (B) Metastatic tumor affecting the right ventricular outflow tract. Ao = aorta; LV = left ventricle.

View larger version (152K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Metastatic carcinoid tumor to the right ventricle (Hematoxylin-eosin x 10).

View larger version (97K): [in a new window]   Figure 3 Surgical specimen of metastatic carcinoid tumor to the right ventricle.