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Four autopsy cases of acute viral myocarditis

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Summary

Four autopsy cases of acute idiopathic myocarditis were studied by means of immunofluorescent techniques and electron microscopy. All patients died of acute cardiac failure of sudden onset 2–7 days after the appearance of common cold symptoms. Postmortem examination revealed eccentric cardiac hypertropy and pericarditis in all cases. Two of the four cases showed severe necrosis of the myocardium with infiltration by mononuclear cells. Coxsackie B virus antigens were detected in three cases and virus particles were demonstrated electron-microscopically in three cases.

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  1. First Department of Pathology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, 6-20-2 Shinkawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo, Japan

    Nariyoshi Hoshikawa & Kenjiro Shirasawa

  2. Department of Pathology, Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo University, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Takeshi Kurata

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  1. Nariyoshi Hoshikawa
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Hoshikawa, N., Shirasawa, K. & Kurata, T. Four autopsy cases of acute viral myocarditis. Heart Vessels 1 (Suppl 1), 165–166 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02072385

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