[Myocarditis versus myocardial infarction in diabetic patients: a new role for non invasive imaging].
A young diabetic patient was referred to our institution for clinical symptoms of myopericarditis. Cardiac MRI and MDCT of the coronary arteries were performed successively. They demonstrated an acute myocardial infarction related to a left circumflex coronary artery occlusion which was treated by stent angioplasty. This case suggests that cardiac MR and possibly cardiac MDCT could be proposed in patients with a suspected myopericarditis, especially if diabetes mellitus is associated.
Gahide
G
G
Fédération d'Imagerie Médicale, CHU Charles Nicolle, 1 rue de Germont, 76031 Rouen CEDEX.
El Ferzli
J
J
Bertrand
D
D
Tron
C
C
Dacher
J N
JN
D000328:Adult; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed