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Lyme myocarditis diagnosed by indium-111-antimyosin antibody scintigraphy

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We report a new case of Lyme disease with cardiac manifestations, which has been possible to follow during the long period of 12 years. We have detected the usual ECG abnormalities, and concentric hypertrophic myocardiopathy, by echocardiography. The acute myocarditis was demonstrated by 111In-antimyosin scintigraphy, which showed global myocardial uptake of the tracer, constituting the first report, to our knowledge, of Lyme myocarditis diagnosed by this method.

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valencia, Spain

    Irene Casáns

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Arnau de Vilanova, Valencia, Spain

    Anselmo Villar, Vicente Almenar & Antonio Blanes

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Casáns, I., Villar, A., Almenar, V. et al. Lyme myocarditis diagnosed by indium-111-antimyosin antibody scintigraphy. Eur J Nucl Med 15, 330–331 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00435476

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