A Nine-Year-Old Girl With Left Ventricle Non-Compaction and Skin Lesions (Carvajal Syndrome) Publisher



Ahranjani BM¹ ; Moradi P² ; Nazari S³ ; Farshadfar S³
Source: Iranian Journal of Pediatrics Published:2015

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD), a cardiomyopathy characterized by fibrofatty degeneration of the myocardium with progressive dysfunction, electrical instability, and sudden death, occurs in approximately 1 in 5000 people in the United States. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a nine-year-old girl complaining of dyspnea, easy fatigability and skin lesions. She had a history of an occasional epistaxis and weakness since 20 days before her admission, accompanied by the symptoms and signs of common cold, specially cough, during the last two days. CONCLUSIONS: This case does confirm that dilated cardiomyopathy's spectrum is wider than ever known and that like what happened at the congress of Boston in 2006, a more comprehensive approach to its genetic types needs to be done. © 2015, Growth & Development Research Center.