January 1, 1963Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Abdominal Pain in Acute Myocarditis and Pericarditis

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Children with acute interstitial myocarditis, acute idiopathic pericarditis, or acute bacterial…

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EBE. Thomas BolesWest Virginia University

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Implication

Raises suspicion for myocarditis in children with acute abdominal pain; leaves open prevalence and diagnostic thresholds.

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Population

Children with acute interstitial myocarditis, acute idiopathic pericarditis, or acute bacterial pericarditis. Excluded: widespread septic disease, rheumatic heart disease, diphtheritic myocarditis, endocardial fibroelastosis, congenital heart disease, and idiopathic myocardial hypertrophy.

Severe abdominal pain can be a prominent initial symptom of acute myocarditis and pericarditis in children, mimicking acute surgical diseases.

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E. Thomas Boles (1963) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7cf5cd448628eb7e2fa74b https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1963.02080040072010

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Myocarditis Pericardial disease

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Abdominal Pain in Acute Myocarditis and Pericarditis

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Abdominal Pain in Acute Myocarditis and Pericarditis

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