Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and cardiac arrhythmias.
A child with several episodes of supraventricular tachycardia was treated in our department from birth to the age of seven years. At this age a diagnosis of Charcot-Marie Tooth disease was made on the basis of the results of clinical and neurophysiological examinations, blood analysis and a neuromuscular biopsy. The association between sensorimotor neuropathies and cardiac involvement is controversial, especially at pediatric ages. We describe a case presenting this association.
Battistella
P A
PA
Department of Pediatrics, University of Padua, Italy.
Moreolo
G S
GS
Benetti
E
E
Da Dalt
L
L
Pellegrino
P A
PA
D002607:Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009134:Muscular Atrophy, Spinal / Q000150:complications*; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000150:complications*