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A paediatric case of myopericarditis post-COVID-19 mRNA vaccine

Part of: Infectious

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2022

Mehmet Türe Open the ORCID record for Mehmet Türe [Opens in a new window] ,
Alper Akın Open the ORCID record for Alper Akın [Opens in a new window] ,
Muhammed Demir  and
Cihan Akay
Mehmet Türe*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Dicle University Hospital, Diyarbakır, Turkey
Alper Akın
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Dicle University Hospital, Diyarbakır, Turkey
Muhammed Demir
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Dicle University Hospital, Diyarbakır, Turkey
Cihan Akay
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric, Dicle University Hospital, Diyarbakır, Turkey
*
Author for correspondence: Mehmet Türe, MD, Pediatric Cardiologist, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Dicle University Hospital, Diyarbakır, Turkey. Tel: +90 412 2488001. E-mail: drture21@gmail.com
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Abstract

Myopericarditis is a condition, which primarily involves the pericardium, with minimal myocardial involvement. In myopericarditis, chest pain, elevated cardiac enzymes, and electrocardiographic changes occur. Although COVID-19 mRNA vaccines significantly contribute to preventing the COVID-19 disease, rarely myocarditis and/or pericarditis may develop due to these vaccines. We present a previously healthy 14-year-old male patient who developed myopericarditis after receiving the second dose of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine.

Keywords

mRNA vaccinesmyopericarditisCOVID-19

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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 32 , Issue 10 , October 2022 , pp. 1688 - 1691
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press

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