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Mid-cavitary hypertrophy after myocarditis in a patient with operated medulloblastoma.

Hazım Alper Gursuİbrahim İlker Çetin
Published in: Cardiology in the young (2022)
A 16-month-old girl was referred for tachycardia and upper respiratory tract infection. Echocardiographic examination revealed pericardial effusion, mild mitral regurgitation, and left ventricle systolic dysfunction. Patient was positive for Parainfluenza type 4 virus. Her laboratory tests revealed increased troponin I level. The patient was treated with intravenous immunoglobulin considering acute viral myopericarditis. Two weeks after treatment, midventricular hypertrophy was detected.
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