AUTHOR=Zhou Mi , Wong Chun Ka , Yeung Wan Yin Winnie , Siu Chung Wah , Yin Lixue 

TITLE=RETRACTED: Case report: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) modified RNA vaccination-induced Adult-Onset Still's Disease with fulminant myocarditis as initial presentation

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

VOLUME=Volume 10 - 2023

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cardiovascular-medicine/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2023.1066699

DOI=10.3389/fcvm.2023.1066699

ISSN=2297-055X

ABSTRACT=Myocarditis is a rare complication of Coronavirus Disaese 2019 (COVID-19) vaccinnation. We report a case of elderly female who presented initially with acute myocarditis, fulminant heart failure, and atrial fibrillation after receiving a modified ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine (BNT162b2). Unlike other patients with vaccine-induced myocarditis, she developed persistent fever, sore throat,  polyarthalgia, diffuse macular rash, and lymphadenopathy. After extensive investigation, she was diagnosed post-vaccination Adult Onset Still’s Disease. The systemic inflammation gradually subsided after use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug and systemic steroid. She was discharged from hospital with stable hemodynamics. Methotrexate was subsequently given to maintain long term remission.