Hyperpyrexia associated with congenital Long QT Syndrome

Abstract

Congenital long QT syndrome (CLQTS) is a genetic disorder presented with prolonged QT interval. In these patients, risk of sudden cardiac death due to ventricular tachyarrhythmias is high. Bradycardia may exhibit as a result of intrauterine fetal atrioventricular block, sinus bradycardia, tachycardia in these patient. Prolonged QT interval and multisystem involvement such as sensorineural hearing loss, muscle paralysis, immune deficiency, syndactyly have been reported in these patient . We have detected hyperpyrexia without clinical immunodeficiency and infection in our patient. To our knowledge, our patient is the first case in the literature . [Cukurova Med J 2014; 39(4.000): 909-903]

Keywords

• Congenital long QT syndrome
• hyperpyrexia