Open AccessACUTE PERICARDITIS SECONDARY TO COVID-19 IN NEWBORN: CASE REPORT
Author(s) -
Hannah Lapa,
Carolina Silva de Alencar,
Carlos Lapa Filho,
Paulo Rossi Menezes,
Alex Fabiano Bertollo Santana,
A. P. S. Sotero,
Roseane Lima Santos Porto
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
residência pediátrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2236-6814
DOI - 10.25060/residpediatr-2020.v10n3-387
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , pericarditis , etiology , acute pericarditis , covid-19 , pericardial effusion , population , pediatrics , disease , environmental health , infectious disease (medical specialty)
OBJECTIVES: To describe the case of a newborn with COVID-19 who developed acute pericarditis evidenced by echocardiogram. METHODS: The information contained in this description was obtained by reviewing medical records and interviewing a medical team. DISCUSSION: In neonates, SARS-CoV-2 infection is usually asymptomatic or presents with mild symptoms. Acute pericarditis is a benign and self-limiting condition if not associated with pericardial effusion and constriction. Its main etiology in the pediatric group is viral and because it is not very symptomatic, one of the possibilities is that the finding in COVID-19 is underdiagnosed. CONCLUSION: Isolated acute pericarditis associated with infection by the novel coronavirus is a rare disorder not reported in the pediatric population. Studies are needed to better assess the prevalence and cardiological outcomes in this group.