A case report of cardiac cysticercosis in a returning traveller: a rare cause of myocarditis.
Case report
Cysticercosis
Echocardiography
Imaging
MRI
Myocarditis
Taenia solium
Journal
European heart journal. Case reports
ISSN: 2514-2119
Titre abrégé: Eur Heart J Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101730741
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
May 2022
May 2022
Historique:
received:
26
10
2021
revised:
03
12
2021
accepted:
17
05
2022
entrez:
6
6
2022
pubmed:
7
6
2022
medline:
7
6
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
A 38-year-old male of Indian origin presented via ambulance directly to the cardiac catheter lab with chest pain and electrocardiogram changes suggestive of an ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Serum troponin was recorded at >10 000 ng/L. Angiogram revealed normal coronary arteries. Echocardiography showed myocardial lesions and a subsequent cardiac magnetic resonance imaging showed myocardial cysticercosis. This is a case of myocardial cysticercosis causing myocarditis. He was treated successfully with albendazole for
Sections du résumé
Background
UNASSIGNED
A 38-year-old male of Indian origin presented via ambulance directly to the cardiac catheter lab with chest pain and electrocardiogram changes suggestive of an ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Serum troponin was recorded at >10 000 ng/L.
Case summary
UNASSIGNED
Angiogram revealed normal coronary arteries. Echocardiography showed myocardial lesions and a subsequent cardiac magnetic resonance imaging showed myocardial cysticercosis.
Discussion
UNASSIGNED
This is a case of myocardial cysticercosis causing myocarditis. He was treated successfully with albendazole for
Identifiants
pubmed: 35664898
doi: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytac208
pii: ytac208
pmc: PMC9155622
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
ytac208Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology.
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