[Cardiac involvement in neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis]

Kardiol Pol. 2013;71(8):855-7. doi: 10.5603/KP.2013.0200.
[Article in Polish]

Abstract

We present a case of a 58-year-old female with neuropsychiatric symptoms, followed by recurrent episodes of atrial flagellation and symptoms of heart failure. Based on intraoperative myocardial biopsy, neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis was diagnosed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Heart Failure / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardium / pathology*
  • Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinoses / complications
  • Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinoses / diagnosis*
  • Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinoses / pathology*