title: Myopericarditis: A Diagnosis of Uncertainty.
abstract: Myocarditis can present in many different forms and can be overlooked by more life-threatening conditions. At times it may mimic conditions such as acute myocardial infarction and although it may have features highly suggestive of myocarditis, other etiologies need to be excluded. Thus, due to its clinical presentation, lab findings, and electrocardiogram analysis, it often can be confused with other conditions, making it a diagnostic dilemma of uncertainty. Myopericarditis is normally caused by viral infections, most common of which is coxsackievirus. Here we report a case of a 52-year-old gentleman who presented with a clinical picture of acute myocardial ischemia versus dissection, which overlooked a rather less threatening etiology of myopericarditis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Raritan Bay Medical Center, 530 New Brunswick Ave., Perth Amboy, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Rafay
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Raritan Bay Medical Center, 530 New Brunswick Ave., Perth Amboy, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Nneka
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Iroka
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Raritan Bay Medical Center, 530 New Brunswick Ave., Perth Amboy, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Sunil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tulpule
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Raritan Bay Medical Center, 530 New Brunswick Ave., Perth Amboy, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Sabrina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arshed
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Raritan Bay Medical Center, 530 New Brunswick Ave., Perth Amboy, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ansari
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Raritan Bay Medical Center, 530 New Brunswick Ave., Perth Amboy, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Puneet
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sahgal
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Raritan Bay Medical Center, 530 New Brunswick Ave., Perth Amboy, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Abdalla
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yousif
keywords: Diagnosis; Ischemia; Myocardial; Myocarditis; Myopericarditis; Pericarditis