Fourteen-year-old boy with decreased appetite and pedal swelling.

Heart

Department of Cardiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.

Published: March 2019

AI Article Synopsis

  • A 14-year-old boy presented with a 6-month history of decreased appetite and swelling in his feet, with no significant family or personal health issues previously.
  • Clinical examination revealed high jugular venous pressure, pedal edema, normal heart sounds, and hepatomegaly.
  • ECG and chest X-ray results indicated issues with the right heart, leading to a diagnostic consideration of conditions such as endomyocardial fibrosis or Ebstein's anomaly.

Article Abstract

CLINICAL INTRODUCTION: A 14-year-old boy presented with history of decreased appetite and bilateral swelling of feet for 6 months. He did not give any associated history of orthopnoea or paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnoea. He was born by a normal delivery after a non-consanguineous marriage. He had an unremarkable birth and childhood health history. There was no family history of significant cardiovascular illness or sudden death. Clinical examination showed an average built boy with elevated jugular venous pressure with prominent v wave and bilateral pitting pedal oedema. Cardiovascular examination showed normal first (S1) and second (S2) heart sounds and a short early systolic murmur over tricuspid region. Other systems examination was remarkable for soft tender hepatomegaly.ECG showed sinus rhythm with tall, peaked p waves. Chest X-ray revealed enlargement along the right cardiac border. Transthoracic echocardiographic images are shown in figure 1A (apical four-chamber view) and figure 1B (tricuspid inflow Doppler). There was no colour Doppler evidence of interatrial shunt.heartjnl;105/5/405/F1F1F1Figure 1(A) Transthoracic echocardiographic apical four-chamber view. (B) Tricuspid inflow continuous wave Doppler image. QUESTION: What is the most likely diagnosis of his condition? Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF)Ebstein's anomalyArrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD)Idiopathic dilatation of right atriumRestrictive cardiomyopathy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2018-313646DOI Listing

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