Giant cell myocarditis in association with drug-induced skin eruption.
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.
D000328:Adult; D003875:Drug Eruptions / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009220:Myositis / Q000209:etiology*