ArticleBMC cardiovascular disorders2018
A case report of myocarditis combined with hepatitis caused by herpes simplex virus.
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- A case report of severe myocarditis combined with erythema multiforme caused by herpes simplex virus-1.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Article
- Complete heart block associated with hepatitis A infection in a female child with fatal outcome.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2024Article
- Severe acute herpes virus type 2 primo-infection and its association with anti-type 1 interferon autoantibodies.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2023Article
- The knowns and unknowns of cardiac autoimmunity in viral myocarditis.Reviews in medical virology · 2023Review
- Advancing Precision Medicine in Myocarditis: Current Status and Future Perspectives in Endomyocardial Biopsy-Based Diagnostics and Therapeutic Approaches.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Features of Myocarditis: Morphological Differential Diagnosis in Post-COVID-19 Children.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Autoimmune Heart Disease: A Comprehensive Summary for Forensic Practice.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Review
- The Influence of Diagnoses of Specific Viral Infections on In-Hospital Mortality, Length of Stay and Cost in Patients Admitted to Hospital with a Diagnosis of Myocarditis: An Analysis of the National Inpatient Sample.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Article
- Fatal progressive ascending encephalomyelitis caused by herpes B virus infection: first case from China.World journal of emergency medicine · 2022Article
- Persistent viral infections and their role in heart disease.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Review
- Disseminated Herpes Simplex Virus-2 (HSV-2) as a Cause of Viral Hepatitis in an Immunocompetent Host.The American journal of case reports · 2021Article
- Advances in the relationship between coronavirus infection and cardiovascular diseases.Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie · 2020Review
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Abstract
backgroundViral myocarditis presents with various symptoms, including fatal arrhythmia and cardiogenic shock, and may develop into chronic myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy in some patients. We report a case of viral myocarditis and hepatitis caused by herpes simplex virus. CASE PRESENTATION: A 20-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with fever, fatigue, and anorexia. The initial investigation showed elevated liver enzyme levels and elevated creatine phosphokinase, and computed tomography showed diffuse swelling and internal heterogeneous image in the liver. These findings were consistent with acute hepatitis; therefore, we performed a liver biopsy, which showed parenchymal necrosis and lymphocytic infiltration. The night that the liver biopsy was performed, blood pressure gradually decreased and revealed cardiogenic shock. Electrocardiography showed diffuse ST-segment elevation, and echocardiography showed a dilated, spherical ventricle with reduced systolic function and pericardial effusion. An endomyocardial biopsy revealed lymphocyte infiltration of the myocardium, confirming acute myocarditis. After a few days, tests for immunoglobin M and immunoglobin G antibodies against herpes simplex virus were positive.
conclusionsWe presented a rare case of myocarditis combined with hepatitis that was caused by herpes simplex virus. Acute myocarditis can occur concurrently with hepatitis, pancreatitis, nephritis, and encephalitis; thus, determining the presence of other infectious lesions is necessary to provide appropriate treatment for the patient.
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