Key result
A 75-year-old man died of recurrent fulminant myocarditis less than two weeks after recovering from an initial episode of acute viral myocarditis, with autopsy showing marked CD8+ T cell infiltration.
Population
A 75-year-old man with recurrent fulminant viral myocarditis following an initial episode of acute…
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
24 days
Authors
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Rapid recurrence of fulminant myocarditis warrants clinical vigilance post-recovery; leaves open viral re-infection versus autoimmune mechanisms.
Case Report (n=1)
No
This case report highlights the rare occurrence of recurrent fulminant viral myocarditis with a very short clinical course, suggesting viral re-infection rather than an autoimmune process.
Takehana et al. (2003) conducted a case report in Recurrent fulminant viral myocarditis (n=1). Recurrent viral myocarditis was evaluated on Clinical outcome. A 75-year-old man died of recurrent fulminant myocarditis less than two weeks after recovering from an initial episode of acute viral myocarditis, with autopsy showing marked CD8+ T cell infiltration.
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