An autopsy case of giant cell myocarditis showing shared pathology in the myocardium and skeletal muscles

Keiko Ikarashi¹, Kenta Uto², Shunji Kawamura³, Yuichiro Yamada⁴, Shoji Haruta⁴, Nobuhisa Hagiwara⁵

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¹ Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Yachiyo Medical Center, Chiba, Japan; Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
² Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: uto.kenta@twmu.ac.jp.
³ Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Medical Center East, Tokyo, Japan.
⁴ Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Yachiyo Medical Center, Chiba, Japan.
⁵ Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.

PMID: 31202079
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2019.05.003

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An autopsy case of giant cell myocarditis showing shared pathology in the myocardium and skeletal muscles

Keiko Ikarashi et al. Cardiovasc Pathol. 2019 Sep-Oct.

. 2019 Sep-Oct:42:10-14.

doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2019.05.003. Epub 2019 May 23.

Authors

Keiko Ikarashi¹, Kenta Uto², Shunji Kawamura³, Yuichiro Yamada⁴, Shoji Haruta⁴, Nobuhisa Hagiwara⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Yachiyo Medical Center, Chiba, Japan; Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
² Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: uto.kenta@twmu.ac.jp.
³ Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Medical Center East, Tokyo, Japan.
⁴ Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Yachiyo Medical Center, Chiba, Japan.
⁵ Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.

PMID: 31202079
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2019.05.003

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Keywords: Cardiogenic shock; Fulminant myocarditis; Giant cell myocarditis; Heart failure; Myocardial infarction; Myositis.

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