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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
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2021
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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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author Nakayama, Yui
Furukawa, Toshiyuki
Yamada, Marika
Takano, Makoto
Nakajima, Ikutaro
Harada, Tomoo
Akashi, Yoshihiro J
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Furukawa, Toshiyuki
Yamada, Marika
Takano, Makoto
Nakajima, Ikutaro
Harada, Tomoo
Akashi, Yoshihiro J
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description 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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spelling pubmed-84292842021-09-24 Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia with QT Interval Prolongation Due to a Brain Tumor Nakayama, Yui Furukawa, Toshiyuki Yamada, Marika Takano, Makoto Nakajima, Ikutaro Harada, Tomoo Akashi, Yoshihiro J Intern Med Case Report 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. The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2021-03-01 2021-08-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8429284/ /pubmed/33642483 http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.6635-20 Text en Copyright © 2021 by The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/The Internal Medicine is an Open Access journal distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view the details of this license, please visit (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Nakayama, Yui
Furukawa, Toshiyuki
Yamada, Marika
Takano, Makoto
Nakajima, Ikutaro
Harada, Tomoo
Akashi, Yoshihiro J
Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia with QT Interval Prolongation Due to a Brain Tumor
title Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia with QT Interval Prolongation Due to a Brain Tumor
title_full Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia with QT Interval Prolongation Due to a Brain Tumor
title_fullStr Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia with QT Interval Prolongation Due to a Brain Tumor
title_full_unstemmed Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia with QT Interval Prolongation Due to a Brain Tumor
title_short Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia with QT Interval Prolongation Due to a Brain Tumor
title_sort polymorphic ventricular tachycardia with qt interval prolongation due to a brain tumor
topic Case Report
url 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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