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Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia with QT Interval Prolongation Due to a Brain Tumor
- Source :
- Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan). 60(16)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- 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.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment
Brain tumor
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Ventricular tachycardia
QT interval
03 medical and health sciences
Epilepsy
Electrocardiography
Young Adult
0302 clinical medicine
Internal medicine
Biopsy
Internal Medicine
Hormone replacement therapy (male-to-female)
Medicine
Humans
Chemotherapy
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Brain Neoplasms
Prolongation
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Long QT Syndrome
Cardiology
Tachycardia, Ventricular
030211 gastroenterology & hepatology
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13497235
- Volume :
- 60
- Issue :
- 16
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6721ce1088c0aaa22c3cc11db5bcb337