Toxocara Myopericarditis and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in a Young Girl

Addison Gearhart; Timothy J Savage; Thomas J Sandora; Gabriella S Lamb; Andrew J Powell; Roger E Breitbart

doi:10.1155/2021/5526968

Toxocara Myopericarditis and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in a Young Girl

Case Rep Pediatr. 2021 May 3:2021:5526968. doi: 10.1155/2021/5526968. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Addison Gearhart^{1

2}, Timothy J Savage^{2

3}, Thomas J Sandora^{2

3}, Gabriella S Lamb^{2

3}, Andrew J Powell^{1

2}, Roger E Breitbart^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
² Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck St, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Case Reports