Acad J Health. 2024; 2(1): 26-28 | DOI: 10.14744/ajh.2024.35229
Acute COVID-19 Case with Myocardial Involvement in Adolescent with Two-Dose mRNA Vaccination
Muhammed Mustafa Güneylioğlu1, Orkun Aydın2, Zeynep Savaş Şen3, Ilker Ufuk Sayıcı4, Fatma Nur Öz5, Ali Güngör2, Nilden Tuygun21Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Bursa City Hospital, Bursa, Türkiye
2Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Ankara Etlik City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
3Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Ankara Etlik City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
4Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Ankara Etlik City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
5Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Dr. Sami Ulus Maternity and Child Health and Diseases Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
COVID-19 infection usually causes mild symptoms in children. Mortality and morbidity of the disease have decreased with the widespread use of vaccines. COVID-19 vaccines are generally known to protect against the disease and its complications. In this case report, a thirteen-year-old patient who came to the pediatric emergency department with chest pain, received two doses of BNT162b2 (Pfizer-Biontech), and was diagnosed with acute COVID-19-associated myocarditis is presented. With this case, it was emphasized that it may be necessary to make vaccination reminder doses at shorter intervals in order to evaluate those with chronic diseases separately from healthy children and to maintain effective protection against COVID-19.
Keywords: COVID-19, myocarditis, vaccine
Corresponding Author: Ali Güngör, Türkiye
Manuscript Language: English