A case report of cardiac cysticercosis in a returning traveller: a rare cause of myocarditis

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Abstract Background A 38-year-old male of Indian origin presented via ambulance directly to the cardiac catheter lab with chest pain and electrocardiogram changes suggestive of an ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Serum troponin was recorded at >10 000 ng/L. Case summary Angiogram revealed normal coronary arteries. Echocardiography showed myocardial lesions and a subsequent cardiac magnetic resonance imaging showed myocardial cysticercosis. Discussion This is a case of myocardial cysticercosis causing myocarditis. He was treated successfully with albendazole for Taenia solium infection and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and colchicine for myocarditis.