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An Unusual Case of Myocarditis, Left Ventricular Thrombus, and Embolic Stroke Caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a common cause of community-acquired pneumonia, but it can affect other parts of the body. Due to the varied presentation and lack of readily available specific diagnostic tools, diagnosis is often challenging, which may lead to delay in the treatment and unfavorable outcome...

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Autores principales: Oberoi, Mansi, Kulkarni, Raksha, Oliver, Tony
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8080855/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33936881
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14170
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description Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a common cause of community-acquired pneumonia, but it can affect other parts of the body. Due to the varied presentation and lack of readily available specific diagnostic tools, diagnosis is often challenging, which may lead to delay in the treatment and unfavorable outcomes. We describe such a unique case of myocarditis caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae complicated by left ventricular thrombus and an embolic stroke without the presence of pneumonia. There is a paucity of data regarding Mycoplasma pneumoniae myocarditis and stroke in the absence of pulmonary symptoms especially in adults, calling for further studies for early diagnosis and management.
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spelling pubmed-80808552021-04-29 An Unusual Case of Myocarditis, Left Ventricular Thrombus, and Embolic Stroke Caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae Oberoi, Mansi Kulkarni, Raksha Oliver, Tony Cureus Cardiology Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a common cause of community-acquired pneumonia, but it can affect other parts of the body. Due to the varied presentation and lack of readily available specific diagnostic tools, diagnosis is often challenging, which may lead to delay in the treatment and unfavorable outcomes. We describe such a unique case of myocarditis caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae complicated by left ventricular thrombus and an embolic stroke without the presence of pneumonia. There is a paucity of data regarding Mycoplasma pneumoniae myocarditis and stroke in the absence of pulmonary symptoms especially in adults, calling for further studies for early diagnosis and management. Cureus 2021-03-29 /pmc/articles/PMC8080855/ /pubmed/33936881 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14170 Text en Copyright © 2021, Oberoi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title An Unusual Case of Myocarditis, Left Ventricular Thrombus, and Embolic Stroke Caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae
title_full An Unusual Case of Myocarditis, Left Ventricular Thrombus, and Embolic Stroke Caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae
title_fullStr An Unusual Case of Myocarditis, Left Ventricular Thrombus, and Embolic Stroke Caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae
title_full_unstemmed An Unusual Case of Myocarditis, Left Ventricular Thrombus, and Embolic Stroke Caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae
title_short An Unusual Case of Myocarditis, Left Ventricular Thrombus, and Embolic Stroke Caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae
title_sort unusual case of myocarditis, left ventricular thrombus, and embolic stroke caused by mycoplasma pneumoniae
topic Cardiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8080855/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33936881
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14170
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