Case Reports in Pediatrics (Jan 2021)

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
https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/5526968
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2021

Abstract

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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.