Acute myopericarditis after multiple vaccinations in an adolescent: case report and review of the literature. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • We report a case of postvaccination acute myopericarditis in an adolescent. The patient presented with acute chest pain, diffuse ST-segment elevation, and elevated cardiac enzyme levels. Cardiac MRI was consistent with acute myocarditis. He recovered within a few days with nonsteroidal antiinflammatory treatment and remains clinically stable, with improvement of MRI findings at the 10-week follow-up. Postvaccination cases of myopericarditis reported in the pediatric literature are also reviewed.

publication date

  • May 21, 2007

Research

keywords

  • Myocarditis
  • Pericarditis
  • Vaccination

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 34249868502

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1542/peds.2006-2605

PubMed ID

  • 17515437

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 119

issue

  • 6