Systemic leak capillary syndrome with myocardial involvement and cardiogenic shock: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Systemic capillary leak syndrome (SCLS) is a potentially fatal disorder characterized by relapses of hypovolemic shock episodes.

Case summary

We present a case of a 58-year-old man who presented to the Emergency Department with a history of recurrent episodes of syncope in the last hours. A few days before medical contact the patient complained of sore throat, fever, and flu-like symptoms. He was initially admitted with a diagnosis of suspected myopericarditis. Forty-eight hours later, the haemodynamic status suddenly deteriorated to a mixed cardiogenic and shock; an endomyocardial biopsy showed localized inflammatory infiltrates and areas of necrosis of cardiomyocytes with positive viral search for parvovirus B19 (PVB19), therefore the patient was treated with me

SUBMITTER: Garatti L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9258032 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature