Fatal mumps nephritis and myocarditis

The case of a 14-year-old girl with fatal interstitial nephritis and myocarditis as complications of mumps is reported. The illness began with parotitis; renal symptoms developed within a week. The patient's renal and cardiac status and clinical course rapidly deteriorated and the outcome was f...

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Published in:Journal of tropical pediatrics (1980) 1999-12, Vol.45 (6), p.358-360
Main Authors: KABAKUS, N, AYDINOGLU, H, YEKELER, H, ARSLAN, I. N
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Bacterial diseases
Biological and medical sciences
Diagnosis, Differential
Ent and stomatologic bacterial diseases
Fatal Outcome
Female
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Medical sciences
Mumps - complications
Mumps virus
Myocarditis - etiology
Myocarditis - mortality
Nephritis - etiology
Nephritis - mortality
Parotitis - etiology
Parotitis - pathology
Tropical medicine
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Summary:The case of a 14-year-old girl with fatal interstitial nephritis and myocarditis as complications of mumps is reported. The illness began with parotitis; renal symptoms developed within a week. The patient's renal and cardiac status and clinical course rapidly deteriorated and the outcome was fatal. The post-mortem renal biopsy sample showed interstitial mononuclear cell infiltration, oedema, and focal tubular epithelial damage in biopsy material of kidney, confirming the clinical diagnosis. Myocarditis was determined by electrocardiographic and echocardiographic findings. Since it has been reported that fatal complications such as myocarditis, dilated cardiomyopathy, and nephritis may develop in the course of mumps, the patients with mumps, especially in complicated cases, should be followed closely because of the severe clinical conditions which may progress.
ISSN:0142-6338
1465-3664
DOI:10.1093/tropej/45.6.358