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Giant cell and granulomatous myocarditis necessitating cardiac transplantation: clinical, gross, and histopathological findings. Eur Surg 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s10353-014-0269-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Kon T, Mori F, Tanji K, Miki Y, Kimura T, Wakabayashi K. Giant cell polymyositis and myocarditis associated with myasthenia gravis and thymoma. Neuropathology 2012; 33:281-7. [PMID: 22989101 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2012.01345.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2012] [Revised: 08/10/2012] [Accepted: 08/12/2012] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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We describe an unusual case of myasthenia gravis. Our patient had been diagnosed as having myasthenia gravis with thymoma at the age of 64 years, and died of acute respiratory failure at the age of 80 years. Post mortem examination revealed CD8-positive lymphocytic infiltration with numerous giant cells in the skeletal muscles and myocardium. Immunohistochemical and ultrastructural studies revealed that there were two types of giant cells: histiocytic and myocytic in origin. Furthermore, both types of giant cells were immunopositive for proteins implicated in the late endosome and lysosome-protease systems, suggesting that endocytosis may be the key mechanism in the formation of giant cells. The present case, together with a few similar cases reported previously, may represent a particular subset of polymyositis, that is, giant cell polymyositis and myocarditis associated with myasthenia gravis and thymoma.
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- Tomoya Kon
- Department of Neuropathology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan.
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Willerson JT, Buja LM. Other Cardiomyopathies. CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE 2007. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84628-715-2_61] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Menghini VV, Savcenko V, Olson LJ, Tazelaar HD, Dec GW, Kao A, Cooper LT. Combined immunosuppression for the treatment of idiopathic giant cell myocarditis. Mayo Clin Proc 1999; 74:1221-6. [PMID: 10593350 DOI: 10.4065/74.12.1221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Giant cell myocarditis (GCM) is a rare and frequently fatal disorder with no proven treatment. Case reports and data from a rat model of GCM suggest that immunosuppressive therapy directed against T lymphocytes may have clinical benefit. We describe a 47-year-old man with severe acute heart failure due to GCM in whom the left ventricular ejection fraction normalized and the myocardial inflammatory infiltrate resolved rapidly after treatment with muromonab-CD3, cyclosporine, azathioprine, and corticosteroids. Three previously published cases with less impressive responses to treatment including muromonab-CD3 and a critical review of the published data on immunosuppressive therapy are included in this report. The response to immunosuppressive therapy is highly variable, and direct comparisons between immunosuppressive regimens do not exist. Therefore, despite individual reports of dramatic improvement after immunosuppressive treatment, firm conclusions cannot be made about the benefit of immunosuppression for GCM. The benefits of immunosuppressive therapy must be confirmed in a prospective, randomized trial.
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- V V Menghini
- Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minn 55905, USA
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Ariza A, López MD, Mate JL, Curós A, Villagrasa M, Navas-Palacios JJ. Giant cell myocarditis: monocytic immunophenotype of giant cells in a case associated with ulcerative colitis. Hum Pathol 1995; 26:121-3. [PMID: 7821909 DOI: 10.1016/0046-8177(95)90124-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Giant cell myocarditis (GCM) is a rare condition whose histologic hallmark, the multinucleate giant cell, is of debated origin (monocytic v myogenic). We report the case of a 46-year-old woman with a previous diagnosis of ulcerative colitis who rapidly deteriorated and died as the result of refractory ventricular tachyarrhythmias. Postmortem examination showed a diffuse infiltration of the myocardium by round cells and multinucleate giant cells. Immunohistochemically, round cells were demonstrated to be T lymphocytes admixed with monocytes. Multinucleate giant cells expressed monocytic markers (MAC 387, lysozyme) and were negative for muscle markers (actin, desmin, myoglobin). This case illustrates the monocytic and macrophagic nature of multinucleate giant cells and lends support to the autoimmune hypothesis of GCM by the concurrence of the latter with ulcerative colitis.
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- A Ariza
- Department of Anatomic Pathology, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain
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Theaker JM, Gatter KC, Brown DC, Heryet A, Davies MJ. An investigation into the nature of giant cells in cardiac and skeletal muscle. Hum Pathol 1988; 19:974-9. [PMID: 3402987 DOI: 10.1016/s0046-8177(88)80015-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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In an immunohistochemical study of six cases of giant cell myocarditis, the typical giant cells have been shown to express up to four different macrophage-associated antigens, but not desmin, the intermediate filament protein characteristic of muscle cells. These results support the view that the giant cells have a macrophage rather than a myogenic origin. In contrast, the giant cells found in regenerating skeletal muscle have the immunophenotype of muscle cells and not of macrophages supporting their muscle origin.
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- J M Theaker
- University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Pathology, John Radcliffe Hospital, England
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Fukuhara T, Morino M, Sakoda S, Bito K, Kinoshita M, Kawakita S. Myocarditis with multinucleated giant cells detected in biopsy specimens. Clin Cardiol 1988; 11:341-4. [PMID: 3383473 DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960110513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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A 42-year-old woman was transferred to our hospital for evaluation of bradycardia with a complete atrioventricular block. Her pulse was 41 regular beats/min with blood pressure 166/92 mmHg. There were no skin lesions, edema, or lymphadenopathy. The white blood cell count was 6300/mm3. The serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase was 21 IU and creatine phosphokinase was 34 IU. C-reactive protein was negative. The level of serum angiotensin converting enzyme was slightly increased at 25.8 IU/l/37.0 degrees C (normal range: 7-24.0). Chest radiography showed congestive heart failure with a cardiothoracic ratio of 54%. There was no bilateral lymphadenopathy or fibrous changes during her clinical course. The coronary arteries were completely normal angiographically. Left ventriculograms revealed slight hypokinesis and dilatation (end-diastolic volume index of 112 ml/m2, ejection fraction of 53%). Left ventricular end-diastolic pressure was slightly abnormal at 16 mmHg. Two right and two left ventricular endomyocardial biopsies were performed. Right ventricular biopsy demonstrated edematous tissue and a slight mononuclear cell infiltration with little fibrosis. Left ventricular specimens showed an extensive area of fibrosis, with large, multinucleated giant cells with an asteroid body and chronic inflammation without epithelioid cells. The less affected areas of another specimen showed mild interstitial fibrosis and degenerative myocytes with vacuolation, and some multinucleated myocytes without an asteroid body were present. This case was diagnosed as cardiac sarcoidosis rather than idiopathic giant cell myocarditis. The patient has been implanted with a permanent pacemaker.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- T Fukuhara
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Ohtsu, Japan
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Hales SA, Theaker JM, Gatter KC. Giant cell myocarditis associated with lymphoma: an immunocytochemical study. J Clin Pathol 1987; 40:1310-3. [PMID: 3693568 PMCID: PMC1141230 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.40.11.1310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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A case of giant cell myocarditis in a patient with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is reported. To our knowledge, this is a previously unrecorded association and supports the hypothesis that the aetiology of giant cell myocarditis is related to a changed immune state. Immunohistochemical investigation of this case with a panel of monoclonal antibodies against a range of leucocyte and muscle antigens supports the view that the giant cells have a histiocytic rather than a myogenic origin.
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- S A Hales
- Nuffield Department of Pathology, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital
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Ishikawa H, Kaneko H, Watanabe H, Takagi A, Ming ZW. Giant cell myocarditis in association with drug-induced skin eruption. ACTA PATHOLOGICA JAPONICA 1987; 37:639-44. [PMID: 2956825 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1987.tb00398.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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A case of giant cell myocarditis in a 19-year-old woman is presented. She had high fever, vomiting, epigastralgia, cardiomegaly, and disseminated papular erythema probably due to anti-epileptic agents. At autopsy, giant cell myocarditis and the myositis of the systemic skeletal muscles were found. To our knowledge, no case of giant cell myocarditis in association with drug-induced skin eruption was reported. This is a rare case of giant cell myocarditis.
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Tanaka M, Ichinohasama R, Kawahara Y, Esaki Y, Hirokawa K, Okishige K, Tanaka Y. Acute idiopathic interstitial myocarditis: case report with special reference to morphological characteristics of giant cells. J Clin Pathol 1986; 39:1209-16. [PMID: 3793937 PMCID: PMC1140764 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.39.11.1209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Necropsy findings of an acute fatal case of idiopathic interstitial myocarditis were reported. The patient was a 33 year old housewife who had acute cardiac failure on the sixteenth day after the onset of the disease. Necropsy showed important pathological changes confined to the heart. Both ventricles were affected by confluent granulomas with an ill defined patchy appearance. Histologically these lesions consisted of round cells, histiocytes, eosinophils and myogenic giant cells. The findings were compatible with those of interstitial myocarditis associated with a proliferation of giant cells. Both atriums were also affected to a minor extent, detectable only by histological examination. Electron microscopy and cytochemistry showed that most giant cells noted in the lesion showed myofibrils and primary lysosomes in the cytoplasm. Giant cells were positive for myoglobin. Though the macrophage origin of the giant cell in this disorder has been emphasised in a recent report, these cytological results suggest that giant cells observed in the cardiac granulomatous lesions of this case were mainly myogenic in origin.
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Drut RM, Drut R. Giant-cell myocarditis in a newborn with congenital herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection: an immunohistochemical study on the origin of the giant cells. PEDIATRIC PATHOLOGY 1986; 6:431-7. [PMID: 3295830 DOI: 10.3109/15513818609041557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Giant-cell myocarditis is a rare inflammatory disorder characterized by degeneration and necrosis of myocardial fibers and presence of chronic inflammatory infiltrates associated with multinucleated giant cells forming a granulomatous inflammatory reaction. The etiology of giant-cell myocarditis is unknown. Many conditions have been reported as associated with this phenomenon such as fungi, virus, sarcoidosis, and hypersensitivity or autoimmune reactions. We are reporting a case of giant-cell myocarditis discovered in a newborn with congenital herpetic sepsis. The myogenic origin of the giant-cells of this case is supported by the positivity for desmin and myoglobin and negativity for muramidase and alpha-1-antichymotrypsin after immunoperoxidase procedure. The presence of Herpes simplex virus type II was confirmed by indirect immunoperoxidase reaction in most of the viscera including the heart, but is not considered a factor in the production of giant cells.
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The present report describes a 45-year-old man with giant cell myocarditis who died of heart failure eight months after the onset of symptoms. On postmortem examination, the heart showed extensive myocardial fibrosis with numerous multinucleated giant cells. The lungs and a series of 20 lymph nodes showed no evidence of granulomatous disease, thereby excluding a diagnosis of sarcoidosis. Circumstantial evidence supports the view that giant cell myocarditis may have an autoimmune origin, and the histopathology suggests that cellular immune mechanisms might have a role in the pathogenesis of this disease. On this basis, it is suggested that cyclosporine, a selective inhibitor of T lymphocyte-mediated immune responses, may be useful for the treatment of this presently fatal disease.
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Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Weekly clinicopathological exercises. Case 34-1985. A 32-year-old man with granulomatous myocarditis and cardiac failure. N Engl J Med 1985; 313:498-509. [PMID: 4022082 DOI: 10.1056/nejm198508223130808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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