title: Recurrent Ventricular Tachycardia and Peripheral Gangrene in a Young Child.
abstract: A 10-year-old girl presented with sudden onset recurrent ventricular tachycardia and symmetrical distal peripheral gangrene. She also had pulmonary thromboembolism and cerebral sinus venous thrombosis. Investigations revealed anemia, hemolysis, hypocomplementemia, and elevated IgM anti-beta2 glycoprotein antibody levels. Electrocardiogram and echocardiogram suggested features of a rare cardiac anomaly, which was confirmed at autopsy.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pediatrics, *Histopathology and #Cardiology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India. Correspondence to: Dr Pankaj C Vaidya, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Advanced Pediatrics Centre (APC), Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh 160 012, India. dr_pcv@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vaiphei
authors.forename: Pankaj C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Vaidya
authors.forename: Pandiarajan
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vignesh
authors.forename: Parag
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Barwad
authors.forename: Anju
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D017152:Antibodies, Antiphospholipid; D019571:Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia; D002648:Child; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005528:Foot / Q000473:pathology; D005734:Gangrene; D006225:Hand / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular
chemical_list: D017152:Antibodies, Antiphospholipid