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Microscopic examination of a patient who died suddenly revealed focal necrotizing myocarditis without interstitial infiltration, precluding the term myocardial fibrosis.
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This case report describes a unique pathologic presentation of focal necrotizing myocarditis without interstitial infiltration in a patient presenting with sudden death.
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Distinguishes focal necrotizing myocarditis from fibrosis in sudden death; hypothesis-generating for revised pathologic criteria.
Sudden death occurred in a patient considered to have a myocardial infarction. Detailed microscopic examination revealed a focal necrotizing myocarditis without interstitial infiltration. The original connective tissue framework without collagen in many of the areas where muscle fibers disappeared precludes the term myocardial fibrosis. A pathologic classification is suggested. No adequate etiologic agent could be found.
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Brown et al. (1951) conducted a case report in Focal necrotizing myocarditis (n=1). Focal necrotizing myocarditis was evaluated on Pathologic findings. Microscopic examination of a patient who died suddenly revealed focal necrotizing myocarditis without interstitial infiltration, precluding the term myocardial fibrosis.
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