A rare occurrence of myocarditis with acute heart failure as an extraintestinal manifestation of Crohn’s disease in a young male

Abstract

Crohn’s disease (CD) is an idiopathic inflammatory bowel disorder, which can be associated with various extraintestinal manifestations. Cardiac and pulmonary manifestations of CD are rare with only a few cases being reported. Myocarditis is an unusual and rare extraintestinal manifestation of CD. Only a few case reports associating CD with the above manifestation are found in the literature. Here, we report a case of an 18-year-old man diagnosed with CD for two years, on optimum treatment, presenting with the symptoms of myocarditis with acute heart failure, as extraintestinal manifestations in the absence of bowel symptoms, while being negative for infective and non infective aetiological screening. This case highlights the importance of knowing the rare extraintestinal manifestations of CD, which will ultimately guide the treating physicians.

Keywords

• Crohn’s disease
• Myocarditis
• Acute heart failure