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Quantitative Visualization of Leukocyte Infiltrate in a Murine Model of Fulminant Myocarditis by Light Sheet Microscopy
Published on: May 31, 2017
Enterovirus-induced fulminant myocarditis and hemophagocytic syndrome
Konstantinos P Letsas1, Gerasimos S Filippatos, Sossana Delimpasi
1Second Department of Cardiology, Evangelismos General Hospital of Athens, 10676 Athens, Greece. k.letsas@mail.gr
Abstract:
We report the case of a 17-year-old male who was admitted to the emergency department in cardiogenic shock and multiorgan failure due to fulminant myocarditis. The following days the patient developed anemia, thrombocytopenia, and hepatosplenomegaly. Bone marrow examination showed many mature histiocytes with active hemophagocytosis. Nested reverse transcriptase-PCR molecular analysis of blood samples and sequencing of the amplified alleles confirmed enteroviral infection. Our patient was treated with inotropic agents and immunoglobulin, and recovered completely. This is the first report that documents concomitant presentation of fulminant myocarditis and hemophagocytic syndrome due to enteroviral infection.
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