[Heart involvement in carcinoid syndrome: report of a case].
The authors report the case of tricuspid and pulmonary disease, revealing a carcinoid syndrome in a 32 years-old young man who was admitted for asthenia and an effort hepatology. The carcinoid syndrome was confirmed by hormonal proportioning, and by an anatomopathologic and immunohistochimic study of a hepatic metastatic biopsy. The check-up to search the primitive tumor was negative. The clinicals, paraclinicals and therapeutics aspects of the carcinoid heart were reported in this work.
Zarzur
J
J
Service de cardiologie B, maternité Souissi, Rabat, Maroc.
Daherddine
A
A
Housni
A
A
Balafrej
K
K
Zaidi
K
K
Benmimoun
E G
EG
Arharbi
M
M
D000328:Adult; D002275:Carcinoid Heart Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male