title: [Myocardial abscess--a rare complication of myocardial infarct].
abstract: From almost 16,000 autopsies during the last ten years, 2 patients were found to have secondary infection and abscess formation from ischemic myocardial necrosis, corresponding to a frequency of 0.125 per thousand of all autopsies. They are compared to 21 cases already described. Myocardial abscess is a very rare but nearly always fatal complication of myocardial infarction. More commonly found in patients with diabetes mellitus, it increases the risk of myocardial rupture and purulent pericarditis.
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Der Myokardabszess--eine seltene Komplikation des Myokardinfarktes.