Affiliation:
1. KONYA EĞİTİM VE ARAŞTIRMA HASTANESİ, ÇOCUK SAĞLIĞI VE HASTALIKLARI
2. Konya Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi
Abstract
We report on a seventeen-year-old boy with acute pleuro-pericarditis with human parvovirus B19 (PVB19) infection. He presented with chest pain, fever and shortness of breath. On physical examination, he had orthopnea, increased temperature (38,4 °C), tachycardia and hepatomegaly. Echocardiography showed a pericardial effusion of 12 mm. Thoracic ultrasound revealed left pleural effusion of 10 mm. Serum anti-Parvovirus 19 IgM and Parvovirus B19 DNA were positive. Two weeks later; serum anti-Parvovirus B19 IgM was negative, pericardial effusion and pleural effusion were resolved. In our knowledge this case represents the first report of acute pleuro-pericarditis associated with Parvovirus B19 infection in a pediatric patient.
Publisher
Pediatric Practice and Research Journal
Subject
Applied Mathematics,General Mathematics
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