Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia with QT Interval Prolongation Due to a Brain Tumor

We herein report the case of a 20-year-old man with a history of epilepsy who presented with frequent transient loss of consciousness (T-LOC) and polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (VT) with QT interval prolongation. Blood investigations revealed panhypopituitarism. Following a biopsy, he was diagn...

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Autores principales: Nakayama, Yui, Furukawa, Toshiyuki, Yamada, Marika, Takano, Makoto, Nakajima, Ikutaro, Harada, Tomoo, Akashi, Yoshihiro J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8429284/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33642483
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.6635-20
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Sumario:We herein report the case of a 20-year-old man with a history of epilepsy who presented with frequent transient loss of consciousness (T-LOC) and polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (VT) with QT interval prolongation. Blood investigations revealed panhypopituitarism. Following a biopsy, he was diagnosed with brain germinoma. During the biopsy, he had an episode of polymorphous VT with QT prolongation. There was no recurrence of T-LOC following chemotherapy and hormone replacement therapy. This case indicates the importance of checking the QT interval in patients with T-LOC, including those with seizures and brain tumors, to ensure appropriate treatment.

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