Which of the following condition derived its name from this container?
A. Kawasaki disease
B. Moyamoya disease
C. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy
D. Minamata disease
Answer: C
In Japanese, Takotsubo is 蛸壺 (たこつぼ). In English, it means octopus trap. The first case reported in 1991 used the term Takotsubo to describe the shpe of the left ventricle resembling that of the narrow-necked, wide-based clay container used to trap octopus. Other names of this condition include transient apical ballooning, apical ballooning cardiomyopathy, stress-induced cardiomyopathy, broken-heart-syndrome, stress cardiomyopathy, etc.
Figure. Left ventriculogram in systole showing apical dyskinesis (ballooning) and basal hyperkinesis in takotsubo cardiomyopathy
References
1. Wikepedia: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy
2. 蛸壺
3. 金田湾の朝市情報局
4. Pictures of Takatsubo cardiomyopathy