title: [Hanseniasis virchowiana in Chagas cardiopathy: an autopsy report].
abstract: This is a case report of lepromatous infection diagnosed at necropsy, with cardiac alterations directly caused by mycobacteria, in a 34-year-old black male with the cardiac form of Chagas' disease. The possible role of inflammatory mediators on cardiac dysfunction, and the possibility that immune depression may be due to factors associated with heart failure, as congestive splenomegaly and splenic infarctions, are emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Clínica Médica, Hospital Escola, Faculdade de Medicina do Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba, MG.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: de Lima
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rodrigues Júnior
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Silva-Vergara
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Nomelini
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Paim
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: dos Santos
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: dos Santos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D002598:Chagas Cardiomyopathy / Q000473:pathology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D015440:Leprosy, Lepromatous / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Hanseníase virchowiana em cardiopata chagásico: relato de necropsia.