Advanced heart block as a manifestation of a paraneoplastic syndrome from malignant thymoma.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Malignant thymoma is a rare tumor that is associated with paraneoplastic syndrome. Myocarditis as a paraneoplastic syndrome has been rarely described. Reported herein is a young male patient with malignant thymoma and myocarditis as part of a paraneoplastic syndrome. This resulted in high-degree heart block and an asystolic cardiac arrest despite placement of a permanent pacemaker.
Medical subject headings
- Heart Block
- Paraneoplastic Syndromes
- Thymoma
- Thymus Neoplasms