Cardiac MRI in Children with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome Associated with COVID-19.
Radiology
; 297(3): E283-E288, 2020 12.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32515676
ABSTRACT
This case series examines cardiac MRI findings in four children and adolescents admitted to intensive care in April 2020 for multisystem inflammatory syndrome and Kawasaki disease-like features related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Acute myocarditis occurred less than 1 week after onset of fever and gastrointestinal symptoms. Physical examination showed rash and cheilitis or conjunctivitis. All patients recovered after intravenous immunoglobulin therapy. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction was negative in nasopharyngeal, stool, and respiratory samples and was positive on serology. Cardiac MRI showed diffuse myocardial edema on T2 short tau inversion-recovery sequences and native T1 mapping, with no evidence of late gadolinium enhancement suggestive of replacement fibrosis or focal necrosis. These findings favor postinfectious myocarditis in children and adolescents with COVID-19.
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Assunto principal:
Pneumonia Viral
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Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética
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Infecções por Coronavirus
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Síndrome de Resposta Inflamatória Sistêmica
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2020
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Article