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. 2013 Sep-Oct;17(5):619-21.
doi: 10.1016/j.bjid.2013.03.009. Epub 2013 Aug 3.

Lymphocytic myocarditis at autopsy in patients with dengue fever

Alba Fabiola Torres  1 , Deborah Nunes Braga, Felipe Muniz, Cindy Mendonça, Denise Nunes Oliveira, Emilia Tome de Souza, Allen Burke, Fabio Tavora
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Lymphocytic myocarditis at autopsy in patients with dengue fever

Alba Fabiola Torres et al. Braz J Infect Dis. 2013 Sep-Oct.
No abstract available

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(A) Chronic inflammatory infiltrates with lymphocytic and eosinophilic predominance. There is an area of myocyte necrosis and mild interstitial scarring (arrow), (B) diffuse myocardial inflammatory infiltrates, mainly lymphocytes and scattered giant cells, (C) perivascular inflammation with associated endocardial fibrosis. There is myocyte necrosis and endothelial hyperplasia and (D) focal lymphocytic myocarditis. This focus and other foci were the only relevant findings in this case, raising the question of focal myocarditis as the cause of sudden death.
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