Pericardial Tamponade in an Adult Suffering from Acute Mumps Infection.
Here, we report a case of a 51-year-old man with acute pericardial tamponade requiring emergency pericardiocentesis after he suffered from sore throat, headache, malaise, and sweats for two weeks. Serological analyses revealed increased mumps IgM and IgG indicating an acute mumps infection whereas other bacterial and viral infections were excluded. In addition, MRI revealed atypical swelling of the left submandibular gland. Whereas mumps has become a rare entity in children due to comprehensive vaccination regimens in western civilizations, our case highlights mumps as an important differential diagnosis also in adults, where the virus can induce life-threatening complications such as pericardial tamponade.
Department of Cardiology, HELIOS Clinical Medical Center Köthen, 06366 Köthen, Germany.
Sascha
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S
Kahlfuss
Department of Cardiology, HELIOS Clinical Medical Center Köthen, 06366 Köthen, Germany.
Robert Rainer
RR
Flieger
National Reference Center for Measles, Mumps and Rubella, Robert Koch Institute, 13353 Berlin, Germany.
Annette
A
Mankertz
Department of Cardiology, HELIOS Clinical Medical Center Köthen, 06366 Köthen, Germany.
Kadir
K
Yilmaz
Department of Cardiology, HELIOS Clinical Medical Center Köthen, 06366 Köthen, Germany; Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 13125 Berlin, Germany.
Torsten Kai
TK
Roepke