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Multisystem inflammatory syndrome and lymphohistiocytic myocarditis after Covid-19 vaccine in a middle-aged woman.

Kosuke KobayashiYasuhiro HamataniKoki MoriyoshiMoritake IguchiNobutoyo MasunagaMariko TerashimaMitsuru AbeNozomu SasahashiMasaharu Akao
Published in: ESC heart failure (2022)
We describe a 51-year-old otherwise healthy woman hospitalized for hypotension, fever, and weakness 4 days after the second-dose Covid-19 mRNA vaccine. Elevated inflammatory markers, natriuretic peptide levels and troponin levels, and slightly reduced left ventricular ejection fraction of 50% were noted. We also found the multiple organ damage, including mucocutaneous, gastrointestinal, and neurologic systems. In addition, we revealed the positive results for anti-nucleocapsid SARS-CoV-2 IgG, albeit negative for SARS-CoV-2 polymerase chain reaction testing, suggesting the prior asymptomatic Covid-19 infection. We finally diagnosed her as multisystem inflammatory syndrome after vaccination. Of note, we obtained myocardial specimen from the patients and demonstrated the lymphohistiocytic myocarditis, which is a rare form of myocarditis.
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