Acute myopericarditis complicating acute tonsillitis: beware the young male patient with tonsillitis complaining of chest pain.

Objectives: We describe 11 cases of myopericarditis complicating bacterial tonsillitis.

Methods: We performed a retrospective study of all cases of myopericarditis treated at one hospital during the years 2005 and 2006.

Results: The patients were all young men.