Epicardial lymphocytes: an autopsy study.
Lymphocytes appear as a diffuse infiltrate within the epicardium in the second trimester of intrauterine life, and can be found there throughout adult life. Aggregates are found in some individuals, and are strongly associated with the presence of old myocardial infarction.
Grimley
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Department of Pathology, University of Manchester, United Kingdom.
Benbow
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Stoddart
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D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000473:pathology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D010496:Pericardium / Q000473:pathology*