Toxocara Myopericarditis and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in a Young Girl

• Main Authors: Addison Gearhart (Author), Timothy J. Savage (Author), Thomas J. Sandora (Author), Gabriella S. Lamb (Author), Andrew J. Powell (Author), Roger E. Breitbart (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...