Surgical Treatment of an Isolated Metastatic Myocardial Neuroendocrine Tumor

Christiano C B Caldeira; Dany Sayad; Jonathan Strosberg; Cristiano Faber; Samer Saouma; Tabitha Michaud

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.03.073

Surgical Treatment of an Isolated Metastatic Myocardial Neuroendocrine Tumor

Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Feb;101(2):747-9. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.03.073.

Authors

Christiano C B Caldeira¹, Dany Sayad², Jonathan Strosberg³, Cristiano Faber², Samer Saouma², Tabitha Michaud²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Cardiology, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida. Electronic address: ccaldeira@factsurgery.com.
² Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Cardiology, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida.
³ Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida.

PMID: 26777929
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.03.073

Abstract

We describe a patient diagnosed with a neuroendocrine tumor of the small intestine metastatic to the heart who underwent successful cardiac metastasectomy. The tumor was located on the right ventricle free wall, obstructing the right ventricular outflow tract. There was no valvular involvement.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Heart Neoplasms / secondary*
Heart Neoplasms / surgery*
Humans
Intestinal Neoplasms / pathology
Male
Metastasectomy*
Neuroendocrine Tumors / secondary*
Neuroendocrine Tumors / surgery*