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   Carcinoid heart disease secondary to ovarian tumour: a logical sequence of management?

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: R Sahajanandan --- Heart and Lung Centre, S Lakshmanan --- Heart and Lung Centre, S Hester --- Heart and Lung Centre, M Norell --- Heart and Lung Centre, P Strouhal --- Heart and Lung Centre, D Murphy --- Heart and Lung Centre, H Buch --- Heart and Lung Centre, JS Billing --- Heart and Lung Centre,

   There are only few reported cases of carcinoid heart disease caused by ovarian tumours. The main cause of morbidity and mortality in these patients is right heart failure. Most cases of carcinoid heart disease have liver metastases and undergo cardiac...

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   Necrotising migratory erythema leading to the diagnosis of a metastatic glucagonoma without diabetes

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: Rahm Makan --- , South Africa Cloete Van Vuuren --- , South Africa

   A case of necrotising migratory erythema (NME), which is one of the distinctive paraneoplastic skin manifestations associated with the glucagonoma syndrome, is described and discussed. In 80% of all patients with glucagonoma, NME is the first clinical sign. The glucagonoma...

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