[Tricuspid insufficiency disclosing carcinoid syndrome]

Rev Med Interne. 1994;15(9):593-6. doi: 10.1016/s0248-8663(05)82505-6.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The authors present a case of tricuspid regurgitation which reveals a carcinoid syndrome in an 68 year-old woman discovered in view of right heart failure. This carcinoid heart disease is early without symptoms of the primitive or the liver metastatic tumors. We see a good evolution with somatostatin's analogue. We review the diagnosis features in trans-thoracic and trans-oesophageal echocardiography, and the possibility of surgical treatment of these lesions.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carcinoid Heart Disease / diagnosis*
  • Carcinoid Heart Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary
  • Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome / pathology
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging
  • Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / etiology*
  • Ultrasonography