[Heart involvement in carcinoid syndrome: report of a case]. / Atteinte cardiaque au cours du syndrome carcinoïde: à propos d'un cas.

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.