Myocardial Scarring Post mRNA-Covid 19-vaccine Related Perimyocarditis
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One of the rare possible complications of mRNA-Covid 19-vaccines is acute myocarditis which usually completes clinical recovery, with residual myocardial damage among these patients being rarely reported. Late Gadolinium enhancement technique for cardiac MRI is a unique technique to detect myocardial scaring or focal fibrosis of the myocardium. This case report demonstrates the myocardial scaring detected by the late Gadolinium enhancement technique in a healthy 21-year-old man who was diagnosed with mRNA- Covid 19-vaccine related perimyocarditis and was treated symptomatically. Patient completed recovery and followed up in the 4th month post-recovery with a late Gadolinium enhancement technique cardiac MRI revealing positive Gadolinium enhancement which denoted myocardial scarring.
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