INAPPARENT MYOCARDITIS AND SUDDEN-DEATH IN PEDIATRICS - DIAGNOSIS BY IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL STAINING

Authors
FORCADA P BEIGELMAN R MILEI J
Citation
P. Forcada et al., INAPPARENT MYOCARDITIS AND SUDDEN-DEATH IN PEDIATRICS - DIAGNOSIS BY IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL STAINING, International journal of cardiology, 56(1), 1996, pp. 93-97
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
International journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01675273
Volume
56
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
93 - 97
Database
ISI
SICI code
0167-5273(1996)56:1<93:IMASIP>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
We analyzed the anatomopathological findings in two cases of sudden de ath related to myocarditis in pediatric patients. Since the diagnosis of myocarditis depends either upon histologic and histochemical techni ques or the manner the sample was obtained, we describe a more specifi c immunohistochemical method to stain samples and more accurately diag nose and qualify cellular lymphoid strains in the inflammatory reactio n of the myocardium thus allowing a correct diagnosis of myocarditis.