Rheumatic heart disease in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Hum Pathol. 1989 Sep;20(9):917-20. doi: 10.1016/0046-8177(89)90107-x.

Abstract

Acute rheumatic heart disease (RHD) with Aschoff nodules and biventricular dilation was diagnosed at autopsy in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome who died of pneumonia due to Pneumocystis carinii. The relationship of acute RHD and human immunodeficiency virus-associated immune deficiency is discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / complications*
  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / pathology
  • Adult
  • Autopsy
  • Heart Ventricles / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Myocardium / pathology*
  • Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / etiology
  • Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / pathology
  • Rheumatic Heart Disease / complications*
  • Rheumatic Heart Disease / pathology