epstein-barr virus myocarditis presenting as acute abdomen in a child: a case report

Authors

roshni chakraborty medical college, kolkata, india.

nilay ranjan bagchi [email protected]

jasodhara chaudhuri resident of pediatrics, medical college, kolkata, india.

sonali mitra medical college, kolkata, india.

abstract

introduction epstein-barr  virus  (ebv)  infection  can  present  with  a  variety  of  manifestation. case report  here  we  present  a  case  of  a  7  year- old  immunocompetent  girl  who  came  with  acute  abdominal  pain ,  had  echocardiographic  evidence  of  myocardial  dysfunction  and  finally  was  diagnosed  as  a  case  of  serologically  proven  acute  ebv  infection. conclusion isolated  gastrointestinal  symptoms  can  be  a  presentation  of  epstein-barr  virus  myocarditis.

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international journal of pediatrics

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