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Mumps infection in a 26-year-old man led to a rare complication of myocarditis confirmed by cardiac MRI, in addition to epiglottitis, orchiepididymitis, and pancreatitis.
This case highlights myocarditis as a rare but recognized complication of mumps infection, diagnosable via cardiac MRI.
Supports cardiac MRI for suspected mumps myocarditis; single case leaves open incidence and screening needs.
“We report the case of a 26-years-old man hospitalized with a typical clinical presentation of Mumps. Indeed, he was admitted for epiglottitis and developed during his hospitalization an orchiepididymitis, a pancreatitis and a rare but well-known complication of this infection: myocarditis confirmed by Cardiac MRI.
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Berous et al. (2015) studied this question. Mumps infection in a 26-year-old man led to a rare complication of myocarditis confirmed by cardiac MRI, in addition to epiglottitis, orchiepididymitis, and pancreatitis.
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