Toxocara Myopericarditis and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in a Young Girl

• Egile Nagusiak: Addison Gearhart (Egilea), Timothy J. Savage (Egilea), Thomas J. Sandora (Egilea), Gabriella S. Lamb (Egilea), Andrew J. Powell (Egilea), Roger E. Breitbart (Egilea)
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• Argitaratua: Hindawi Limited, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Cardiac infection with Toxocara is rarely diagnosed, especially in children, and corresponding cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) has not been reported. We present a probable case, a 9-year-old girl with myopericarditis, eosinophilia, positive Toxocara serology, and CMR findings consistent wit...