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Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo
; 61: e39, 2019 Aug 08.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31411269
ABSTRACT
Acute petrified myocardium associated with septic shock, diagnosed by autopsy has rarely been described. A 15-year-old adolescent male was diagnosed with childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus. One year later, he was hospitalized with fever, myalgia, headache, arthritis, vomiting, dyspnea and was diagnosed with sepsis secondary to bronchopneumonia and meningitis. Blood culture identified Neisseria meningitidis serogroup Y. Despite antibiotics and intensive therapeutic measures, he died after 29 days of hospitalization. The autopsy revealed necrotic cardiomyocytes with dystrophic calcification and interstitial fibrosis.
Subject(s)
Calcinosis/etiology , Cardiomyopathies/etiology , Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/complications , Meningococcal Infections/complications , Sepsis/complications , Adolescent , Calcinosis/diagnostic imaging , Calcinosis/pathology , Cardiomyopathies/diagnostic imaging , Cardiomyopathies/pathology , Fatal Outcome , Humans , Male
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Pediatr Infect Dis J
; 37(1): 111, 2018 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29227426