ArticleVirchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology2005
The petrified heart in sepsis.
Article in Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Rapidly progressive myocardial calcification following sepsis.Journal of cardiology cases · 2022Article
- Acute heart failure in parathyreotoxicosis.Endocrine · 2021Article
- Post-Mortem Investigations for the Diagnosis of Sepsis: A Review of Literature.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- Acute petrified myocardium associated with meningococcal sepsis in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematous: a fatal case.Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo · 2019Article
- Severe refractory TAFRO syndrome requiring continuous renal replacement therapy complicated withRenal replacement therapy · 2018Article
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Abstract
We report the case of a 33-year-old transsexual man who developed severe sepsis after an accidental intravenous injection of urine (3-5 ml) instead of methadone. He died unexpectedly 28 days after the onset of sepsis. On postmortem examination, the outstanding findings were restricted to the heart with an unusual macroscopic presentation. On histological examination extensive calcifications of the heart muscle, particularly of the left ventricle were found. The pattern of calcifications on the right ventricle was also striking. In contrast, the entire cardial conduction system was unaffected. Furthermore, there were no calcium deposits in other organs and tissues. The advanced widespread cardial calcifications in the present case can be attributed to endotoxin-related myocarditis in severe long-term sepsis. The only treatment would have been an urgent heart transplantation. Without prior knowledge of such a condition, it is impossible for clinicians to correctly recognize, diagnose and treat or prevent in due time such a complication.
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