Left ventricular myocardial uptake of a labeled somatostatin analog in carcinoid syndrome.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We report a case of left ventricular (LV) myocardial uptake of a labeled somatostatin analog in a patient with a carcinoid tumor of the small bowel. The patient developed liver metastases and a carcinoid syndrome, including right carcinoid heart disease, without right-to-left shunt on contrast ultrasonography or left ventricular myocardial metastases. The basis for visualization of the LV myocardium is probable somatostatin receptor upregulation.
Medical subject headings
- Carcinoid Heart Disease
- Heart
- Indium Radioisotopes
- Somatostatin