A case report of cardiac cysticercosis in a returning traveller: a rare cause of myocarditis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A 38-year-old male of Indian origin presented via ambulance directly to the cardiac catheter lab with chest pain and electrocardiogram changes suggestive of an ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Serum troponin was recorded at >10 000 ng/L.

Case summary

Angiogram revealed normal coronary arteries. Echocardiography showed myocardial lesions and a subsequent cardiac magnetic resonance imaging showed myocardial cysticercosis.

Discussion

This is a case of myocardial cysticercosis causing myocarditis. He was treated successfully with albendazole for Taenia solium infection and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and colchicine for myocarditis.

SUBMITTER: Littlewood S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9155622 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature