Rheumatic heart disease in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
Acute rheumatic heart disease (RHD) with Aschoff nodules and biventricular dilation was diagnosed at autopsy in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome who died of pneumonia due to Pneumocystis carinii. The relationship of acute RHD and human immunodeficiency virus-associated immune deficiency is discussed.
DiCarlo
F J
FJ
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Veterans Administration Medical Center, East Orange, NJ.
Anderson
D W
DW
Virmani
R
R
Burns
W
W
Macher
A M
AM
Rotiguez
J
J
Petitto
S
S
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology