Swallowing-induced Atrial Tachycardia with a Thymic Cyst

We herein report a 34-year-old man who presented with recurrent palpitations that occurred while swallowing solid food. Holter monitoring revealed atrial tachycardia (AT) while eating. In addition, chest computed tomography (CT) showed a small nodule in the front of the ascending aorta. Thoracoscopi...

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Autores principales: Kameshima, Haruka, Furukawa, Toshiyuki, Doi, Shunichi, Tanaka, Osamu, Harada, Tomoo, J Akashi, Yoshihiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10183275/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36047120
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.0438-22
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Sumario:We herein report a 34-year-old man who presented with recurrent palpitations that occurred while swallowing solid food. Holter monitoring revealed atrial tachycardia (AT) while eating. In addition, chest computed tomography (CT) showed a small nodule in the front of the ascending aorta. Thoracoscopic surgery was performed to remove the nodule; a pathological examination revealed that the nodule was a thymic cyst. The AT disappeared postoperatively. This case demonstrates that a mediastinal nodule can cause swallowing-induced AT.

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