[Acute myocarditis caused by varicella virus]. / Miocarditis aguda por virus de la varicela.

We describe a case of acute myocarditis subsequent to varicella virus infection. We comment on the rarity of the clinical entity together with the nonspecificity of the routine diagnostic technique (EKG, X-ray, echocardiography study, routine laboratory, etc.) linked with the excellent gain of antibodies cardiac gammagraphy joined with viral serology, after the primary suspicion factor prior to the presence of skin lesions, fever and thoracic pain.

[Chylothorax as presenting form of a gastric adenocarcinoma]. / Quilotórax como forma de presentación de un adenocarcinoma gástrico.

Malignancies other than lymphoma can in rare instances induce the development of chylothorax. A patient with this unusual type of pleural effusion is described herein. The need to rule out a gastric neoplasm when confronted with a case of chylothorax with no obvious cause is stressed.