title: [Myocardial involvement in invasive aspergillosis].
abstract: We report the case of a 48-year-old female patient who had a Crohn's disease treated by corticosteroids. The patient developed severe cardiac failure, which was refractory to treatment with inotropic agents. At necropsy, examination of the heart revealed myocardial abscesses. On microscopic study, we diagnosed an aspergillar myocarditis. Aspergillar myocarditis is a rare and fatal localisation in disseminated aspergillosis. Diagnosis is difficult and treatment, usually initiated late, is ineffective.
authors.affiliation: Service d'anatomie pathologique, hôpital Foch, Suresnes, France.
authors.forename: Rim
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hadhri
authors.forename: Leila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zemoura
authors.forename: Michèle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bernier
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Denoux
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Djibre
authors.forename: Anne-Catherine
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Baglin
mesh_terms: D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000473:pathology*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000382:microbiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged