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Incidental detection of parvovirus myocarditis at time of resection of discrete subaortic stenosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2006

Pui-Ying Iroh Tam ,
Karina Butler  and
Colin J. McMahon
Pui-Ying Iroh Tam
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland
Karina Butler
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Disease, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland
Colin J. McMahon
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland
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Abstract

We report an asymptomatic 18-month-old boy who underwent surgical resection of the discrete subaortic stenosis. Histopathologic examination of the muscle demonstrated diffuse lymphocytic infiltration of the myocardium. Polymerase chain reaction analysis of blood demonstrated parvovirus. This report highlights that asymptomatic myocarditis may be more prevalent than we realise, and that involvement of the myocardium by parvovirus may be entirely asymptomatic.

Keywords

Parvovirusmyocarditisviral infection of myocardium
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 16 , Issue 6 , December 2006 , pp. 596 - 598
Copyright
© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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