Myocarditis and acute infantile hemiparesis. Case report.
A 13-month-old infant developed acute hemiparesis in the course of myocarditis. Cranial CT suggested occlusion of the right middle cerebral artery, and it is believed that an embolus arising from a mural thrombus is the most likely cause of the cerebral vascular accident. Anticoagulant therapy should be considered in myocarditis when myocardial ischemic damage or an intracavitary thrombus are suspected.
D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis