IDIOPATHIC CARDIAC HYPERTROPHY WITH ENDOMYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS: REPORT OF A CASE DEVELOPING AFTER RECOVERY FROM A PURULENT LUNG ABSCESS
Authors: P J McNAMARA, W H JACOBS, R J JAFFE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1959)

Case Reports1 April 1959IDIOPATHIC CARDIAC HYPERTROPHY WITH ENDOMYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS: REPORT OF A CASE DEVELOPING AFTER RECOVERY FROM A PURULENT LUNG ABSCESSPETER J. MCNAMARA, M.D., WALTER H. JACOBS, M.D., ROBERT J. JAFFE, M.D.PETER J. MCNAMARA, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, WALTER H. JACOBS, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ROBERT J. JAFFE, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-50-4-1035 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIdiopathic cardiac hypertrophy represents a group of cases that have been described under various headings; these include "Cardiac Hypertrophy of Unknown Etiology in Young Adults,"1, 2, 3 "Myocardial Disease of Obscure Origin,"4, 5 "Fibrosis of the Endocardium and the Myocardium with Mural Thrombosis,"6 and "Cardiovascular Collagenosis with Parietal Endocardial Fibrosis."7 Friedberg8 suggests that many of these cases appear to represent an adult form of endocardial fibroelastosis.The case report which follows is an example of idiopathic cardiac hypertrophy. It is of interest because, to our knowledge, it is the first case report of a patient initially seen with no abnormal...Bibliography1. LevyRousselot RLLM: Cardiac hypertrophy of unknown etiology in young adults: a clinical and pathologic study of 3 cases, Am Heart J. 9: 178, 1933. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Simkins S: Idiopathic cardiac hypertrophy in adults, Am. Heart J. 42: 453, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. ElsterHornTuchman SKHLR: Cardiac hypertrophy and insufficiency of unknown etiology: a clinical and pathologic study of 10 cases, Am. J. Med. 18: 900, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. von Bonsdorff B: Myocardial disease of obscure origin. Heart disease of unknown origin, Acta med. Scandinav. 100: 400, 1939. Google Scholar5. DaviesMarvelGenovese RRRJPD: Heart disease of unknown etiology, Am. Heart J. 42: 546, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. SmithFurth JJJ: Fibrosis of the endocardium and the myocardium with mural thrombosis, Arch. Int. Med. 71: 602, 1943. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. BedfordKonstam DCGL: Heart failure of unknown etiology in Africans, Brit. Heart J. 8: 236, 1946. MedlineGoogle Scholar8. Friedberg CK: Diseases of the heart, 2nd Ed., 1956, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, p. 628. Google Scholar9. O'Brien W: Endocardial fibrosis in Sudan, Brit. M. J. 2: 899, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. BallWilliamsDavies JDAWJN: Endomyocardial fibrosis, Lancet 1: 1049, 1954. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. DaviesBall JJ: Pathology of endomyocardial fibrosis in Uganda, Brit. Heart J. 17: 337, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Miami Beach, Florida*Received for publication August 7, 1957.From Division One Medical Service, Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Walter H. Jacobs, M.D., 134 Eighty-fourth Street, Brooklyn 9, N. Y. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byIMMUNOHISTOLOGICAL AND SEROLOGICAL STUDIES IN ENDOMYOCARDIAL FIBROSISIdiopathic myocardial hypertrophy 1 April 1959Volume 50, Issue 4Page: 1035-1045KeywordsCardiac hypertrophyFibrosisLungsMedical servicesMyocarditisMyocardiumNecrosisPulmonary fibrosisThrombosisYoung adults Issue Published: 1 April 1959 PDF downloadLoading ...