Idiopathic giant cell myocarditis--a distinctive clinico-pathological entity.

Atrial Giant Cell Myocarditis: A Distinctive Clinicopathologic Entity Running title: Larsen et al.; Atrial giant cell myocarditis

Idiopathic giant cell myocarditis: case report.

Idiopathic giant cell myocarditis has not been previously reported from Australasia; a typical case is presented, and the clinical and pathological findings discussed. Possible aetiologies are discussed in the light of positive serology to coxsackie B viruses.

When giant cell myocarditis affects only the atria.

I n this issue of Circulation, Larsen et al 1 report a new variant of giant cell myocarditis (GCM) with lone involvement of the atria and preserved left ventricular function. The diagnosis was supported not only by histology but also by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging showing atrial dilatation and wall thickening with marked edema, sparing the ventricles. The isolated atrial involvement was ...

Acute idiopathic interstitial myocarditis: case report with special reference to morphological characteristics of giant cells.

Necropsy findings of an acute fatal case of idiopathic interstitial myocarditis were reported. The patient was a 33 year old housewife who had acute cardiac failure on the sixteenth day after the onset of the disease. Necropsy showed important pathological changes confined to the heart. Both ventricles were affected by confluent granulomas with an ill defined patchy appearance. Histologically t...

Atrial Giant Cell Myocarditis : A Distinctive Clinicopathologic Entity Running title

De De Dep pa part rtme ment nt nt of Pa Path thol log ogy, y, Uni nive v rs sity y of f Arizo zona na, T T Tucs son on, , AZ; ; Ad Addr dres ess s fo for r Co Corr rres espo pond nden ence ce: : Abstract: Background—Giant cell myocarditis (GCM) typically causes fulminant heart failure,