Lyme Myocarditis Presenting as Chest Pain in an Adolescent Girl

A previously healthy adolescent girl presented to the emergency department with new onset chest and right upper quadrant abdominal pain. Laboratory studies and imaging were consistent with myocarditis. She developed heart block after admission and required stabilization in the cardiac intensive care...

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Published inPediatric emergency care Vol. 32; no. 7; p. 459
Main Authors Fishe, Jennifer N, Marchese, Ronald F, Callahan, James M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.07.2016
Subjects
Adolescent
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Lyme Disease - diagnosis
Myocarditis - microbiology
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Summary:A previously healthy adolescent girl presented to the emergency department with new onset chest and right upper quadrant abdominal pain. Laboratory studies and imaging were consistent with myocarditis. She developed heart block after admission and required stabilization in the cardiac intensive care unit. Lyme serology returned positive, and her condition was diagnosed as Lyme disease-associated myocarditis.
ISSN:1535-1815
DOI:10.1097/PEC.0000000000000654