Internal Medicine
Online ISSN : 1349-7235
Print ISSN : 0918-2918
ISSN-L : 0918-2918
CASE REPORTS
Course of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in Acute Myocarditis after COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination
Hirotaka KawauchiYuya MitsuhashiShin NakamuraRisa OgawaTomonori MiyabeKen KatoHiroyuki Tanaka
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2022 Volume 61 Issue 17 Pages 2625-2629

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Myocarditis is being increasingly reported as a rare complication of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) mRNA vaccines. We herein report a case of myocarditis following COVID-19 mRNA vaccination in a man. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMRI) revealed an area of high signal intensity on short T1 inversion recovery (STIR) and late gadolinium enhancement (LGE), which are characteristic of myocarditis. Follow-up CMRI performed six months later revealed improvement in the myocardial edema and LGE findings. CMRI is a useful non-invasive imaging modality for making an initial diagnosis as well as for follow-up in cases of myocarditis after COVID-19 mRNA vaccination.

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