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An 11-month-old male died from myocarditis-associated cardiac arrest following confirmed exposure to cannabis, representing a possible link between pediatric cannabis exposure and fatal myocarditis.
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This case report highlights a potential link between pediatric cannabis exposure and fatal myocarditis, emphasizing the need for clinical awareness and parental counseling.
Alerts clinicians to inquire about cannabis exposure in infant myocarditis; leaves open causality and needs confirmation.
Since marijuana legalization, pediatric exposures to cannabis have increased.1 To date, pediatric deaths from cannabis exposure have not been reported. The authors report an 11-month-old male who, following cannabis exposure, presented with central nervous system depression after seizure, and progressed to cardiac arrest and died. Myocarditis was diagnosed post-mortem and cannabis exposure was confirmed. Given the temporal relationship of these two rare occurrences - cannabis exposure and sudden death secondary to myocarditis in an 11-month-old - as well as histological consistency with drug-induced myocarditis without confirmed alternate causes, and prior reported cases of cannabis-associated myocarditis, a possible relationship exists between cannabis exposure in this child and myocarditis leading to death. In areas where marijuana is commercially available or decriminalized, the authors urge clinicians to preventively counsel parents and to include cannabis exposure in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting with myocarditis.
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Nappe et al. (2017) conducted a case report in Myocarditis (n=1). Cannabis was evaluated on Death. An 11-month-old male died from myocarditis-associated cardiac arrest following confirmed exposure to cannabis, representing a possible link between pediatric cannabis exposure and fatal myocarditis.