Key result
Serial endomyocardial biopsies in an 18-year-old with coxsackie B5 myopericarditis demonstrated the progression from marked myofiber necrosis to healing with collagen fiber proliferation over 46 days.
Population
18-year-old student with coxsackie B5 myopericarditis and Stokes-Adams syndrome (n=1)
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
46 days
Authors
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Documents necrosis-to-fibrosis transition in coxsackie myopericarditis; leaves open whether serial biopsy informs management.
Case Report (n=1)
Serial endomyocardial biopsies in a young adult with coxsackie B5 myopericarditis documented the pathological transition from acute necrosis to healing and fibrosis.
Morita et al. (1983) conducted a case report in Coxsackie B5 myopericarditis (n=1). Serial endomyocardial biopsies was evaluated on Pathological findings of myopericarditis healing process. Serial endomyocardial biopsies in an 18-year-old with coxsackie B5 myopericarditis demonstrated the progression from marked myofiber necrosis to healing with collagen fiber proliferation over 46 days.
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