Fatal degeneration of specialized cardiac muscle associated with chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection

Pediatr Int. 2009 Dec;51(6):846-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2009.02925.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Arteritis / diagnosis
  • Arteritis / pathology
  • Child
  • Chronic Disease
  • Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / diagnosis
  • Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / pathology*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Heart Arrest / pathology
  • Humans
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology
  • Lymphocytes / pathology
  • Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic / diagnosis
  • Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic / pathology
  • Male
  • Myocarditis / diagnosis
  • Myocarditis / pathology*
  • Myocardium / pathology*
  • RNA, Viral / analysis

Substances

  • Epstein-Barr virus encoded RNA 1
  • RNA, Viral