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Delayed Presentation Of Biopsy-Proven Eosinophilic Myocarditis Following Covid-19 Mrna Vaccine, Chaitra Janga, Tirth Patel, Hussam Al Hennawi, Sarin Atam, Shreeja Shah Shah, Ifrah Naeem, Rahat Memon, Donald C. Haas
Delayed Presentation Of Biopsy-Proven Eosinophilic Myocarditis Following Covid-19 Mrna Vaccine, Chaitra Janga, Tirth Patel, Hussam Al Hennawi, Sarin Atam, Shreeja Shah Shah, Ifrah Naeem, Rahat Memon, Donald C. Haas
Abington Jefferson Health Papers
Myopericarditis associated with COVID-19 mRNA vaccines has been recognized as an uncommon adverse reaction, especially among young, healthy adult males. Eosinophilic myocarditis is a rare form of inflammation reflecting a hypersensitivity reaction following an inciting event commonly caused by drugs including vaccines. Eosinophilic myocarditis, a subtype of myocarditis, is characterized by eosinophilic myocardial infiltrates. It is usually accompanied by systemic eosinophilia in the form of a drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome and is rarely associated with myocyte fibrosis and/or necrosis. In this report, we present a case of biopsy-proven eosinophilic myocarditis in a 24-year-old male patient, …