An unusual presentation of metabolic cardiomyopathy due to Pompe's disease

Authors

• Poothirikovil Venugopalan, Department of Child Health, Child Ward 2, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, PO Box 38, PC 123, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. Tel. +968 513562 Fax. +968 513009. E-mail: gopalax{at}omantel.net.com
• Shakeel Ahmed, Department of Child Health, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, PO Box 38, PC 123, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
• Vasudev T. Rao, Department of Pathology, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, PO Box 38, PC 123, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
• Khalid M. Al-Hinai, Department of Child Health, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, PO Box 38, PC 123, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.

Abstract

An Omani infant boy who presented in the neonatal period with cardiac failure secondary to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is reported. He subsequently progressed to show features of a metabolic disorder with multisystem involvement and was diagnosed to have Type II glycogenosis (Pompe9s disease). The differential diagnosis and management of metabolic cardiomyopathy are outlined.

Article Type

Case Report

First Page

338

Last Page

340

Recommended Citation

Venugopalan, Poothirikovil; Ahmed, Shakeel; Rao, Vasudev T.; and Al-Hinai, Khalid M. (2002) "An unusual presentation of metabolic cardiomyopathy due to Pompe's disease," Saudi Medical Journal: Vol. 23: Iss. 3, Article 19.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/1658-3175.1656