Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Korean Society of Echocardiography (한국심초음파학회)
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EOSINOPHILIC MYOCARDITIS ASSOCIATED WITH VISCERAL LARVA MIGRANS CAUSED BY TOXOCARA CANIS INFECTION

  • Kim, Ji Hee (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Chung, Woo-Baek (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Chang, Kyung-Yoon (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Ko, Sun-Young (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Park, Mi-Hee (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Sa, Young-Kyoung (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Choi, Yun-Seok (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Park, Chul-Soo (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Lee, Man-Young (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
  • Received : 2012.04.24
  • Accepted : 2012.08.08
  • Published : 2012.09.27
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Abstract

A 41-year-old woman who was diagnosed with myocarditis presented eosinophilia. Since the antibody against Toxocara canis (T. canis) was positive, we diagnosed that she had visceral larva migrans due to T. canis associated with myocarditis. She was treated with oral albendazole and prednisolone for two weeks, eosinophil count and hepatic enzymes were normalized after completion of treatment. This is the first report of myocarditis caused by T. canis infection in Korea.

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