An autopsy case of giant cell myocarditis probably due to a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug

Pathology International

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 113-117

  Adachi, Yasushi ^a   Yasumizu, Ryoji ^a   Hashimoto, Futoshi ^a   Otsuka, Yasunori ^a   Okamura, Akiharu ^a   Kato, Yasushi ^a   Oyaizu, Haruki ^a   Ikebukuro, Kazuya ^a   Fukuhara, Shirou ^a   Nakai, Yoshihide ^a   Ikehara, Susumu ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drug induced eruption; Drug induced hepatitis; Giant cell myocarditis; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

LOXOPROFEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH;

AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; DRUG ERUPTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GIANT CELLS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; PHENYLPROPIONATES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC;

EID: 0035118523     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2001.01166.x     Document Type: Article

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