Histiocytoid cardiomyopathy in infancy: a new hypothesis?
A case of histiocytoid cardiomyopathy in a ten-month-old boy is reported. Histologic and ultrastructural examinations led us to consider the possibility that the disease, rather than being a focal lesion of the common myocardium as it was heretofore considered, might be regarded as a diffuse lesion on the specific myocardium.
D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000473:pathology*; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D009210:Myofibrils / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009542:Niemann-Pick Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D014617:Vacuoles / Q000648:ultrastructure