Open AccessGIANT CELL MYOCARDITIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH DRUG‐INDUCED SKIN ERUPTION
Author(s) -
Ishikawa Hieoshi,
Kaneko Hiroshi,
Watanabe Hisashi,
Takagi Akio,
Ming Zhang Wei
Publication year - 1987
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.1440-1827.1987.tb00398.x
Subject(s) - drug eruption , pathology , myocarditis , medicine , association (psychology) , dermatology , drug , psychology , pharmacology , psychotherapist
A case of giant cell myocarditis In a 19‐year‐old woman is presented. She had high fever, vomiting, epigastralgia, cardiomegaly, and disseminated papular erythema probably due to anti‐epileptic agents. At autopsy, giant cell myocarditis and the myositis of the systemic skeletal muscles were found. To our knowledge, no case of giant cell myocarditis in association with drug‐induced skin eruption was reported. This is a rare case of giant cell myocarditis.