Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in a patient of Klinefelter syndrome--a rare association.

A Rare Case of Klinefelter Syndrome Patient with Quintuple Mosaic Karyotype, Diagnosed by GTG-Banding and FISH

Prepubertal Diagnosis of Klinefelter Syndrome: A Rare Case Report

Klinefelter syndrome is characterised by advancing testicular function deterioration causing aspermatogenesis and androgen deficiency. Klinefelter patients characteristically have complete male sex differentiation, and genital anomalies are infrequently associated. Penoscrotal malformations at birth are very rare in this syndrome. Nonetheless, it is important to know the association, as one of...

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Epidural anesthesia for cesarean section in a patient with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Aim and Background: The pathophysiologic changes of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy is complex and the physiologic changes of pregnancy and anesthesia for cesarean section have a great effect in the hemodynamic and it can even lead to maternal death. We report a 21-year pregnant woman with HCM who were candi...

Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in a Case with Chest Pain and Family History of Sudden Cardiac Death: A Case Report

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common genetic cardiovascular disease, which is caused by a multitude of mutations in genes encoding proteins of the cardiac sarcomere (1). Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (AHCM) is an uncommon type of HCM. The sudden cardiac death is less likely to occur in the patients inflicted with AHCM (2). Herein, we presented the case of a 29-year-old man ...

Sinus Node Dysfunction Requiring Permanent Pacemaker Implantation in a Young Adult with Klinefelter Syndrome

BACKGROUND Klinefelter syndrome is the most common genetic cause of male infertility and affects approximately 1 in 500 live births. Although accompanying cardiac disorder is not a specific feature of Klinefelter syndrome, rarely associated anomalies such as mitral valve prolapse, atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect, tetralogy of Fallot, patent ductus arteriosus, and hypertrophic ob...