[Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy disclosing Friedreich's disease. Report of a case].
The authors report the case of a 21 year old woman admitted to hospital for congestive cardiac failure due to concentric hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Echocardiography showed severe systolo-diastolic left ventricular dysfunction without obstruction to ejection. Neurological examination showed a stato-kinetic cerebellar syndrome, a posterior radiculo-cordonal syndrome and a dysmorphic syndrome which characterise Friedreich's disease. In the light of this case and a review of the literature, the authors underline the rarity of cardiomyopathy in Friedreich's disease, its particular presentation and its poor prognostic significance in this disease.
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Service de cardiologie, CHU lbn Rochd, Casablanca, Maroc. adarif54@Hotmail.com
Zahraoui
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Bennis
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Tahiri
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D000328:Adult; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005621:Friedreich Ataxia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D014463:Ultrasonography