Lyme myocarditis diagnosed by indium-111-antimyosin antibody scintigraphy.
We report a new case of Lyme disease with cardiac manifestations, which has been possible to follow during the long period of 12 years. We have detected the usual ECG abnormalities, and concentric hypertrophic myocardiopathy, by echocardiography. The acute myocarditis was demonstrated by 111In-antimyosin scintigraphy, which showed global myocardial uptake of the tracer, constituting the first report, to our knowledge, of Lyme myocarditis diagnosed by this method.
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Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valencia, Spain.
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D000328:Adult; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007205:Indium Radioisotopes; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000150:complications*; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D009218:Myosins / Q000276:immunology*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D007205:Indium Radioisotopes; D009218:Myosins