Congestive heart failure and cardiac thrombus as first presentations of Friedreich ataxia

Congestive heart failure and cardiac thrombus as first presentations of Friedreich ataxia

The majority of patients with Friedreich ataxia present with gait ataxia. Congestive heart failure usually is a terminal event. We report a 9-year-old boy who developed congestive heart failure and thrombus formation in the left ventricle at age 5 years and then progressive ataxia as well as other f...

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Veröffentlicht in:Pediatric neurology 1992-07, Vol.8 (4), p.313-314
Hauptverfasser: Tsao, Chang Y., Lo, Warren D., Craenen, Josepha
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Sprache:eng
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Biological and medical sciences
Child
Degenerative and inherited degenerative diseases of the nervous system. Leukodystrophies. Prion diseases
Diagnosis, Differential
Friedreich Ataxia - complications
Friedreich Ataxia - genetics
Heart Diseases - etiology
Heart Diseases - genetics
Heart Failure - etiology
Heart Failure - genetics
Heart Ventricles
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Neurologic Examination
Neurology
Thrombosis - etiology
Thrombosis - genetics
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Zusammenfassung:The majority of patients with Friedreich ataxia present with gait ataxia. Congestive heart failure usually is a terminal event. We report a 9-year-old boy who developed congestive heart failure and thrombus formation in the left ventricle at age 5 years and then progressive ataxia as well as other features of Friedreich ataxia; therefore, congestive heart failure and thrombus formation may rarely be the initial findings in Friedreich ataxia.
ISSN:0887-8994
1873-5150
DOI:10.1016/0887-8994(92)90374-8