Key result
A fatal case of imported malaria revealed acute lymphocytic myocarditis with myocardiolysis at postmortem evaluation, highlighting the potential importance of myocardial injury in severe falciparum infection.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights the potential importance of myocardial injury and acute lymphocytic myocarditis in the prognosis of severe Plasmodium falciparum infection.
Suggests myocardial injury may influence severe malaria outcomes; single case leaves open its prognostic role and need for systematic study.
We describe a fatal case of imported malaria where the sole finding revealed at the postmortem evaluation was an acute lymphocytic myocarditis with myocardiolysis. This case recalls the potential importance of myocardial injury in the prognosis of malaria and prompts a reevaluation of current perspectives on the pathogenesis of severe falciparum infection. In the light of this, we have reviewed the cases of cardiac complications in malaria published to date.
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Costenaro et al. (2011) conducted a case report in Plasmodium falciparum infection (imported malaria) (n=1). Plasmodium falciparum infection was evaluated on Postmortem findings. A fatal case of imported malaria revealed acute lymphocytic myocarditis with myocardiolysis at postmortem evaluation, highlighting the potential importance of myocardial injury in severe falciparum infection.
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