Toxocara Myopericarditis and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in a Young Girl
Cardiac infection with Toxocara is rarely diagnosed, especially in children, and corresponding cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) has not been reported. We present a probable case, a 9-year-old girl with myopericarditis, eosinophilia, positive Toxocara serology, and CMR findings consistent wit...
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| description | Cardiac infection with Toxocara is rarely diagnosed, especially in children, and corresponding cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) has not been reported. We present a probable case, a 9-year-old girl with myopericarditis, eosinophilia, positive Toxocara serology, and CMR findings consistent with myocardial edema. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3407318dd5ae401d965c2bfdaf414e202025-08-20T03:55:15ZengWileyCase Reports in Pediatrics2090-68032090-68112021-01-01202110.1155/2021/55269685526968Toxocara Myopericarditis and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in a Young GirlAddison Gearhart0Timothy J. Savage1Thomas J. Sandora2Gabriella S. Lamb3Andrew J. Powell4Roger E. Breitbart5Department of Cardiology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USADepartment of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck St, Boston, MA 02115, USADepartment of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck St, Boston, MA 02115, USADepartment of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck St, Boston, MA 02115, USADepartment of Cardiology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USADepartment of Cardiology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USACardiac infection with Toxocara is rarely diagnosed, especially in children, and corresponding cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) has not been reported. We present a probable case, a 9-year-old girl with myopericarditis, eosinophilia, positive Toxocara serology, and CMR findings consistent with myocardial edema.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5526968 |
| spellingShingle | Addison Gearhart Timothy J. Savage Thomas J. Sandora Gabriella S. Lamb Andrew J. Powell Roger E. Breitbart Toxocara Myopericarditis and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in a Young Girl Case Reports in Pediatrics |
| title | Toxocara Myopericarditis and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in a Young Girl |
| title_full | Toxocara Myopericarditis and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in a Young Girl |
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| title_short | Toxocara Myopericarditis and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in a Young Girl |
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