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. 2022 Dec;19(4):249-252.
doi: 10.5114/kitp.2022.122097. Epub 2022 Dec 24.

Simultaneous surgical treatment of primary ovarian carcinoid and carcinoid heart disease

Uladzimir Andrushchuk  1 , Aliaxandr Saevich  1 , Viktoria Ermochenko  2 , Mikalai Shchatsinka  3
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Simultaneous surgical treatment of primary ovarian carcinoid and carcinoid heart disease

Uladzimir Andrushchuk et al. Kardiochir Torakochirurgia Pol. 2022 Dec.
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Intraoperative photos. A – Ovarian tumor removal, B – TV bioprosthesis, C – TV leaflets
Figure 2
Figure 2
Histological examination. A – TV leaflet – focal fibrosis, hyalinosis, reactive lymphoid infiltration (hematoxylin and eosin staining, 50×); B – ovarian tumor – insular pattern (hematoxylin and eosin staining, 100×); C – ovarian tumor – diffuse intense immunoreactivity of chromogranin A (immunohistochemical staining, 100×)
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