Intractable ventricular tachycardia in a patient with giant cell myocarditis, thymoma and myasthenia gravis.
A 48-year-old man presented with a malignant thymoma in combination with myositis, myasthenia gravis, a giant cell myocarditis and recurrent intractable ventricular tachycardias. Despite various therapies (chemical, electrical and surgical), arrhythmias supervened in the presence of a normal coronary arteriogram. Active myocarditis was believed to be the mechanism of the ventricular tachycardias.
D006101:Granuloma, Giant Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000150:complications; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011859:Radiography; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013945:Thymoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging