Cardiac Amyloidosis in a Child Presenting with Syncope: The First Reported Case and a Diagnostic Dilemma

Authors

Diana Milagros Torpoco Rivera
Celeste T. Williams, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Peter P. Karpawich

Recommended Citation

Torpoco Rivera DM, Williams CT, and Karpawich PP. Cardiac Amyloidosis in a Child Presenting with Syncope: The First Reported Case and a Diagnostic Dilemma. Pediatr Cardiol 2021.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-16-2021

Publication Title

Pediatric cardiology

Abstract

Cardiac amyloidosis is a rare cause of cardiomyopathy, reported exclusively in adults. We report the first known case presenting in childhood. A 12-year-old boy presented with syncope and diagnosed with ventricular non-compaction by echocardiography. Eventual genetic testing confirmed a TTR gene mutation associated with hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis.

PubMed ID

34783874

ePublication

ePub ahead of print