Fulminant myocarditis demonstrating uncommon morphology-a report of two autopsy cases

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 446, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 259-264

  Oka, Kuniyuki ^a   Oohira, Koji ^b   Yatabe, Yasushi ^c   Tanaka, Toshio ^d   Kurano, Kozo ^b   Kosugi, Rie ^b   Murata, Minoru ^b   Hakozaki, Hando ^e   Nishikawa, Toshio ^f   Tsutsumi, Yutaka ^g  

^a Mito Saiseikai General Hospital   (Japan)

^b Mito Saiseikai General Hospital   (Japan)

^c AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d SRL INC   (Japan)

^e FUKUSHIMA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dystrophic calcification; Enteroviruses; Fulminant myocarditis; Picornaviral RNA; VP1

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PARAFFIN; PROTEIN VP1; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOPSY; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; COXSACKIE VIRUS; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECG ABNORMALITY; ECHO VIRUS; EDEMA; ENTEROVIRUS; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; ERYTHROCYTE; EXTRACTION; EXUDATE; FEVER; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THORAX PAIN; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADULT; ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; CALCINOSIS; CAPSID PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PICORNAVIRIDAE; PICORNAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 20244385115     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-004-1173-3     Document Type: Article

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