[Non bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (marantic endocarditis). Apropos of a case and value of transoesophageal echocardiography].

Marantic or non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis is a common complication of terminal malignancy, usually discovered at autopsy. The authors report a case of marantic endocarditis as a presenting sign of pancreatic carcinoma in which the diagnosis was made ante-mortem by transoesophageal echocardiography.