[The long QT syndrome: epilepsy as the form of presentation].
Prolongation of the QT interval, either on a congenital or an acquired basis, is associated with an increased likelihood of malignant ventricular arrhythmias with a high rate of morbimortality. Symptoms are variables, and patients may develop seizures, syncope and sudden death. Herein we report a young woman 17 years old with long QT syndrome, seizures and recurrent attacks of syncope; her initial diagnosis was primary epilepsy. An electrocardiogram performed 3 years after the initials symptoms was able to make the diagnosis long QT syndrome. The specific treatment controlled the malignant ventricular arrhythmias and the symptomatic status of this patient.
Gatto
E M
EM
Instituto de Neurocirugía y Neurología, Sanatorio Mitre.
Fernández Pardal
M M
MM
Micheli
F
F
González
M A
MA
Daru
V D
VD
D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008133:Long QT Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012640:Seizures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology
Síndrome QT prolongado: epilepsia como forma de presentación.