title: [A rare cause of sudden cardiac failure: histiocytoid cardiomyopathy].
abstract: Histiocytoid cardiomyopathy is a rare disease which occurs predominantly in the first two years of life, with a female preponderance. We report the cases of two girls (11 and 15-month-old) which were respectively referred to our institution for ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation without prodroma. Etiologic findings only showed mild cardiomyopathy. Autopsy and histologic examination led to the diagnosis of histiocytoid cardiomyopathy. Furthermore, in the first observation, agenesis of the corpus callosum was found.
authors: Service d'anatomie pathologique et de neuropathologie, CHU Timone, 264, rue Saint-Pierre, 13385 cedex 5, Marseille, France. bema_coulibaly@yahoo.fr
authors: Béma
authors: B
authors: Coulibaly
authors: Marie-Dominique
authors: MD
authors: Piercecchi-Marti
authors: Carla
authors: C
authors: Fernandez
authors: Anne-Pascale
authors: AP
authors: Wasier
authors: Laurent
authors: L
authors: Viard
authors: Alain
authors: A
authors: Fraisse
authors: Dominique
authors: D
authors: Figarella-Branger
authors: Georges
authors: G
authors: Leonetti
authors: Jean
authors: J
authors: Camboulives
authors: Olivier
authors: O
authors: Paut