Open AccessAN AUTOPSY CASE OF LÖUFFLER'S ENDOCARDITIS
Author(s) -
Fujioka Yasunori,
Fujita Masahiro,
Miyakawa Akira,
Tsushima Nobuko
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
acta patholigica japonica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
ISSN - 0001-6632
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1973.tb00784.x
Subject(s) - autopsy , endocarditis , eosinophilia , pathology , etiology , medicine , myocarditis , pathogenesis , histology , cardiology
An autopsy case of a 34‐year‐old male who had been suspected of having rheumatic myocarditis with eosinophilia was described. At autopsy the heart was remarkably enlarged (780 g) with mural thrombi in both ventricles. Histology revealed features of so‐called fibroplastic parietal endocarditis with eosinophilia or Ldffler's endocarditis. Vascular changes, mainly of arterioles and consisting of endothelial proliferation, thickened intlma, and rarefaction of media were observed in nearly all organs. The etiology and pathogenesis of this condition are at present unknown.