MUMPS MYOCARDITIS: CASE REPORT WITH REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
Authors: G E HORTON
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1958)

Case Reports1 November 1958MUMPS MYOCARDITIS: CASE REPORT WITH REVIEW OF THE LITERATUREGLENN E. HORTON, M.D.GLENN E. HORTON, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-49-5-1228 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe common acute infectious diseases are usually benign, but occasionally complications may arise from invasion of a vital organ. Awareness of this by the clinician should aid in prompt recognition and therapy. Myocardial involvement is one complication that may arise. A case of probable myocarditis in the presence of mumps posed a problem in differential diagnosis and treatment at this hospital and is discussed.Mumps (epidemic parotitis) has been recognized as a clinical entity since antiquity, and has subsequently been considered to be an acute systemic disease of specific viral etiology, with a special predilection for the parotid glands. 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Horton, M.D., Assistant Chief, Pulmonary Disease Section, Veterans Administration Medical Teaching Group Hospital, Park Avenue and Getwell Street, Memphis 15, Tennessee. 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