Narváez R, Viveros E, Gómez M, Romero J, Hernández S, Dorantes J, Hernández P, Rebollar V, Orea A, Rodríguez C, Asensio E, Oseguera J
Laboratorio de Hemodinamia, Departamento de Cardiología Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Vasco de Quiroga 15, Col. Sección XVI, 14000 Tlalpan, México D.F.
Gac Med Mex. 2001 Nov-Dec;137(6):583-7.
A patient with a primary ovarian carcinoid tumor with extensive carcinoid heart disease, without hepatic metastases is presents. Literature was revisited, emphasizing that carcinoid heart disease secondary to an ovarian tumor is quite rare. Surgical indications relative to this patient are discussed.
