Why the study?
Rubella myocarditis is rare outside neonates, with limited reported cases, and its association with rubella infection requires further clinical description.
Highlights potential viral-autoimmune link in pediatric myocarditis; leaves open its role in progression to dilated cardiomyopathy pending larger studies.
A 9-year-old male with myocarditis is described. A greater than four-fold rise in titers against rubella with a subsequent fall supports the conclusion that his myocarditis was associated with rubella infection. Other than neonates, rubella myocarditis has been reported previously in only six patients, one of whom was a child.
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Tony Kriseman (1984) conducted a review in Viral myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy.
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