ABSTRACT

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is known to develop myocarditis and congestive heart failure as a complication of disease process infrequently. In the literature congestive heart failure as a presenting manifestation is rarely described in systemic onset JIA. We report a case of a 37-year-old woman with history of JIA in remission for the last three years was admitted with congestive heart failure and acute myocarditis, with the flare of the disease process. Disease activity and cardiac findings were controlled with intravenous corticosteroid therapy.