Recovery from lethal arrhythmia after weight gain in a patient with an eating disorder and epilepsy.
We report a 13-year-old girl with epilepsy who experienced syncope after rapid weight loss due to an eating disorder. She developed a lethal (atrioventricular block) arrhythmia, which improved after weight gain. This case suggests that energy depletion might be involved in lethal arrhythmia.
Akita
Chisato
C
Department of Pediatrics, Kanazawa Medical University, 1-1 Daigaku, Uchinada, Kahoku, Ishikawa 920-0293, Japan.
Nakamura
Tsuneyuki
T
Sato
Hitoshi
H
Kakinuma
Hiroaki
H
D000293:Adolescent; D054537:Atrioventricular Block / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020127:Recovery of Function; D013575:Syncope / Q000209:etiology*; D015430:Weight Gain