An Unusual Case of Acute Myopericarditis Possibly Due to Food Poisoning
Annapaola Zito
Cardiovascular Diseases Section, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (DETO),University of Bari, Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Fiorella Devito
Cardiovascular Diseases Section, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (DETO),University of Bari, Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Annamaria Dachille
Cardiovascular Diseases Section, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (DETO),University of Bari, Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Rosa Carbonara
Cardiovascular Diseases Section, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (DETO),University of Bari, Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Francesco Giardinelli
Cardiovascular Diseases Section, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (DETO),University of Bari, Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Ottavio Di Cillo
Chest Pain Unit, Cardiology Emergency, University of Bari, Italy.
Marco Matteo Ciccone *
Cardiovascular Diseases Section, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (DETO),University of Bari, Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The manuscript describes the case of a 23 year-old woman, with acute myopericarditis associated with food poisoning without other cardiovascular disease. The patient had a history of hypothyroidism, treated with levothyroxine 75 μg/d, however she was clinically and biochemically euthyroid. We present a discussion of this rare association, followed by clinical presentation and treatment. This case report underlines the importance of considering possible cardiac complications when treating patients with food poisoning.
Keywords: Acute myopericarditis, food poisoning, salmonella, stool culture.