DIPHTHERITIC MYOCARDITIS WITH PERMANENT HEART DAMAGE
Authors: E G SAYERS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1958)

Case Reports1 January 1958DIPHTHERITIC MYOCARDITIS WITH PERMANENT HEART DAMAGEEDWARD G. SAYERS, M.D., F.R.A.C.P., F.R.C.P., F.A.C.P. (Hon.)EDWARD G. SAYERS, M.D., F.R.A.C.P., F.R.C.P., F.A.C.P. (Hon.)Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-48-1-146 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAcute myocarditis is a common complication of diphtheria and is said to occur in from 10 to 25% of cases and to be responsible for from 50 to 60% of the deaths from this disease.Pathologic changes consist of fatty and hyaline changes in heart muscle, sometimes associated with necrotic changes or toxic myolysis in muscle fibers. Interstitial changes also occur, consisting of edema and infiltration with lymphocytes, neutrophilic and eosinophilic leukocytes, monocytes and fibroblasts.It seems rather extraordinary that, despite the clinical severity of many cases of acute diphtheritic myocarditis and the widespread pathologic damage reported, it is seldom...Bibliography1. ThompsonGoldenWhite WPSEPD: The heart fifteen to twenty years after severe diphtheria, Am. Heart J. 13: 534, 1937. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Friedberg CK: Diseases of the heart, 2nd Ed., 1956, W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, p. 908. Google Scholar3. Wood P: Diseases of the heart and circulation, 1950, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, p. 312. Google Scholar4. GriffithHerman GCLM: Persistent complete heart block in diphtheritic myocarditis, J. A. M. A. 148: 279-282, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. HoelBerg JAH: Persistent diphtheritic heart disorders, Acta med. Scandinav. 145: 393-405, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Auckland,*Presented at the Thirty-eighth Annual Session of The American College of Physicians, Boston, Massachusetts, April 9, 1957.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Edward G. Sayers, M.D., 304 Dingwall Building, Queen Street, Auckland C. 1, New Zealand. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byClinical Features and Predictors of Diphtheritic Cardiomyopathy in Vietnamese ChildrenMyokarditisA propos d'un cas de myocardite diphtériqueDiphtheria—Still LethalDiphtherieDie essentielle MyokardiopathieDie diagnostische und prognostische Bedeutung des EKG bei der DiphtheriemyokarditisThe clinical spectrum of primary myocardial diseasePathology of the Cardiac Conduction System in a Case of Diphtheria Associated with Atrial Arrhythmias and Heart BlockBakterielle InfektionenProgressive myocardial damage following recovery from diphtheriaFamilial cardiomyopathyElectrocardiographic abnormalities in acute, convalescent, and recurrent stages of idiopathic pericarditisMyokarditis und weitere Myokardiopathien 1 January 1958Volume 48, Issue 1Page: 146-157KeywordsDiphtheriaElectrocardiographyFibroblastsFibrosisHeartLymphocytesMonocytesMusclesMyocarditisMyocardium ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1958 PDF downloadLoading ...