CorSalud (Oct 2015)

Muerte súbita en paciente con síndrome LEOPARD / Sudden death in patients with LEOPARD syndrome

  • Eliany Rodríguez Moreno,
  • Luis A. Rodríguez López,
  • Reinaldo Gavilánes Hernández,
  • Yorsenka Milord Fernández,
  • José M. Ercia Arenal,
  • Ángel Cuellar Gallardo,
  • Reinaldo C. Gavilanes García

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 4
pp. 314 – 317

Abstract

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LEOPARD or Moynahan syndrome, also called multiple lentigines, is a rare genetic disease which causes multiple visceral abnormalities, including heart abnormalities, and may trigger sudden death. The case of a 26-year-old woman with a history of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy since early childhood is reported. She was referred to consultation due to loss of consciousness, associated with moderate exertion, and a resuscitated sudden death episode. The study revealed the presence of LEOPARD syndrome with subvalvular pulmonary stenosis and left ventricular hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, both of which cause sudden cardiac death.

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