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Published on: August 6, 2015
Acute myelitis with neurogenic stunned myocardium in a boy
Jainn-Jim Lin1, Shao-Hsuan Hsia, Chang-Teng Wu
1Divisions of Pediatric Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Children's Hospital and Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, #5 Fu-Shin Street, Kwei-Shan, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Abstract:
Neurogenic stunned myocardium is characterized by reversible left ventricular dysfunction, which occurs after severe central nervous system injury in patients without coronary artery disease. It has been described in association with subarachnoid hemorrhage, Guillain-Barré syndrome, and metastatic brain tumors in adults, but has been rarely reported in association with acute myelitis. Described here is a novel case of acute myelitis in a child associated with neurogenic stunned myocardium. This case demonstrates that patients with acute myelitis may harbor a risk of sympathetic dysregulation, leading to neurogenic myocardial dysfunction.
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