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Cureus
; 15(10): e47226, 2023 Oct.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-38021931
RESUMO
Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is a multi-system inflammatory autoimmune disease. It is a significant cause of heart disease and early death worldwide, especially in children in developing countries. We present a case of acute fulminant rheumatic carditis in a child with no obvious predisposing factors, who resided in a developed country where this disease is not endemic. After pathological examination, a diagnosis of ARF with pancarditis was confirmed. This disease was not suspected before the pathological examination because of its low prevalence in Belgium.