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Ventricular tachycardia and chest pain due to foreign body in the pericardium caused by self-injurious behaviour

Part of: Electrophysiology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2019

Hidenori Yamamoto Open the ORCID record for Hidenori Yamamoto [Opens in a new window] ,
Yoshie Fukasawa  and
Taichi Kato
Hidenori Yamamoto
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Yoshie Fukasawa
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Taichi Kato*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
*
Author for correspondence: Taichi Kato, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan. Tel: +81-52-744-2294; Fax: +81-52-744-2974; E-mail: ktaichi@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp
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Abstract

A 14-year-old girl suddenly developed ventricular tachycardia and severe chest pain during hospitalisation for trauma surgery. CT revealed a needle in the pericardium. Careful interview elicited that she had inserted the needle by herself, and Munchausen syndrome was diagnosed. This is the first report of ventricular tachycardia caused by a foreign body in a patient with Munchausen syndrome.

Keywords

Ventricular tachycardiaMunchausen syndromeself-injurious behaviour
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 29 , Issue 9 , September 2019 , pp. 1217 - 1218
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2019 

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