Carcinoid heart disease is a well‐known complication of carcinoid syndrome that affects morbidity and mortality. Carcinoid heart disease may be asymptomatic in the early stages; therefore, patients with carcinoid syndrome should be screened to prevent misdiagnosis.
Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) classically presents with venous or
arterial thrombosis and pregnancy morbidity. Although clinical
manifestations with fever of unknown origin and intracardiac masses are
unusual, in a patient with prolonged fever and multiple intracardiac
thrombi, systemic inflammatory diseases such as APS should be
considered.
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