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Indian Journal of Pediatrics
Published in: Indian Journal of Pediatrics 9/2019

01-09-2019 | Myocarditis | Clinical Brief

Fatal Myocarditis in an Adolescent Girl with Evolving Connective Tissue Disease

Authors: Bipin Jose, Dantis Emmanuel, Preethy Harrison

Published in: Indian Journal of Pediatrics | Issue 9/2019

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Abstract

Connective tissue diseases are rarely suspected and diagnosed in childhood and adolescence. Rarity of occurrence and poor disease acceptance among parents make them extremely difficult to treat in the early stages. An adolescent girl presented with features of pneumonia, was worked up and diagnosed as an evolving connective tissue disease. Her clinical characteristics did not fit into any specific disease. She was started on steroids and immunoglobulin as she had fulminant myocarditis with rapid downhill clinical course. High index of suspicion and aggressive immunosuppression can be life saving in exceptional situations even though a specific diagnosis cannot be ascertained.
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Metadata
Title
Fatal Myocarditis in an Adolescent Girl with Evolving Connective Tissue Disease
Authors
Bipin Jose
Dantis Emmanuel
Preethy Harrison
Publication date
01-09-2019
Publisher
Springer India
Published in
Indian Journal of Pediatrics / Issue 9/2019
Print ISSN: 0019-5456
Electronic ISSN: 0973-7693
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-019-02974-9

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