Zeitschrift für klinische Fallberichte

Malarial Myocarditis: A Rare Complication of Plasmodium vivax: Case Report

Abstract

Sandeep Kumar, Srikant Behera and Adil Ahmad Khan

Malaria is one of the commonest parasitic diseases in the tropical countries like India. Complications of P. falciparum malaria are well recognised, but the complications of P. vivax malaria still continues to give us surprises. Myocardial involvement is a very rare complication of P. vivax infection. In this context, we report a case of P. vivax induced myocarditis and sinus exit block in our patient with review of the literature related to this rare entitiy.