Giant Cell Myocarditis in Children: Elusive Giant Cells Might Not Be the Only Clue.
Pediatr Dev Pathol
; 25(2): 197-202, 2022.
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ABSTRACT
Giant cell myocarditis (GCM) is a form of fulminant myocarditis that is rapidly progressive and frequently lethal even in children. Over the course of 20 years, a definitive histopathologic diagnosis of GCM has been made at our institution in only two pediatric patients, and in neither instance was the diagnosis of GCM rendered on initial cardiac biopsy. We present the two patients and highlight the similarities in their clinical presentation and their challenging and inconclusive- albeit histologically similar- initial cardiac biopsy findings.
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Transplante de Coração
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Doenças do Sistema Imunitário
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Miocardite
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Diagnostic_studies
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Child
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Humans
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En
Ano de publicação:
2022
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Article