title: [An autopsy of an HIV infected patient with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM)].
abstract: A case of a HIV infected 61-year-old bisexual male with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is reported. The death was originally recorded as from undetermined causes, but on autopsy, his heart showed left ventricular dilatation macroscopically, variety in size and vacuolation of cardiomyocyte, partial deciduation of cardiac muscle and diffuse perivascular fibrosis microscopically. These findings were compatible with DCM which was compounded by excessive weight loss. The further data indicated that the etiology of DCM in this case was directly related to the HIV infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Medicine, Kyusyu University Hospital.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamaji
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tani
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ise
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakashima
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kashiwagi
mesh_terms: D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged