title: [Use of echocardiography in the diagnosis of carcinoid tumors. Report of 4 cases].
abstract: Carcinoid tumours are the most common neuro-endocrine tumours but cardiac involvement is rarely symptomatic although often observed at post-mortem and rarely revelatory of the disease. The authors report 4 cases in which echocardiographic detection of characteristic right ventricular involvement led to the confirmation of the diagnosis of carcinoid tumour leading to the secondary diagnosis of the primary carcinoid tumour. The clinical, physiopathological echocardiographic and therapeutic characteristics of this condition are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie B, hôpital La Timone, Marseille.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Aviérinos
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Habib
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lefèvre
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Médail
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dufaut
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Philip
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ambrosi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Perrier
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Luccioni
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002275:Carcinoid Heart Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male