Clinical History: A 45 year old woman died of congestive heart failure.
At autopsy, her heart was slightly enlarged and the heart muscle was thickened with many
small whitish nodules.
| Note:
Granulomatous
Inflammation of the Heart :
Reference:
click here - Diseases showing well-developed granulomas : Disease caused by infective agents (tuberculosis, fungal and parasitic disorders ) ; Sarcoidosis ; Giant cell myocarditis ; A reaction to foreign bodies and devices implanted within the cardiovascular system. - Rheumatic Fever : Specific lesion characterized by granulomas known as Aschoff's nodules. - Metabolic disorders : Granulomas occur in Farber's disease (lipogranulomatosis) ; Gout (in which tophi are associated with calcific deposits and with a foreign body cellular reaction) ; Various syndromes of oxalosis (in which oxalate deposits also lead to a foreign body reaction) ; In chronic granulomatous disease of childhood. - Other conditions showing Foreign body giant cells : In association with calcification of necrotic myocytes and in the syndromes of "cholesterol pericarditis". What is the diagnosis of Case No 93 ? |
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