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Vol. 39. Issue 2.
Pages 128-131 (April - June 2006)
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Vol. 39. Issue 2.
Pages 128-131 (April - June 2006)
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Miocarditis de células gigantes. Presentación de un caso autópsico
Giant cell myocarditis. Report of an autopsy case
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Francisco José Fernández Morejón1, Jerónimo Forteza Vila1, Eugenio Herrero Gutiérrez2
Hospital USP-San Jaime. Torrevieja, Alicante
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La Miocarditis de Células Gigantes (MCG) es una miocardiopatía poco frecuente, de posible causa inmunológica, con evolución fatal por fallo cardíaco congestivo, cuya principal terapia es el tratamiento inmunosupresor o el trasplante. El diagnóstico definitivo es histopatológico. El caso que se describe corresponde a una mujer de 59 años, que mostró un cuadro clínico de infarto agudo de miocardio, con imágenes de coronariografía normales, realizándose el diagnóstico «post-mortem» en la autopsia.

Palabras clave:
miocardiopatía
miocarditis
células gigantes
infarto
coronariografía
Summary

Giant Cell Myocarditis is a rare myocardiopathy, with uncertain immunology basis, fatal evolution and congestive heart failure. Its main treatment is immunosuppressive therapy or cardiac transplantation. The diagnosis is definitively histopathological. The reported case corresponds to a 59 years old woman, showing clinical findings of acute myocardium infarct but normal coronariography. The definitive diagnosis was made in the autopsy.

Key words:
myocardiopathy
myocarditis
giant cell
infarct
coronariography

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