Fulminant lymphocytic myocarditis associated with orbital myositis and diaphragmatic paralysis

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• 作者：Oh Hong Kwon^a ; Mi-Na Kim^a ; ^{alsk1229@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Su-A Kim^a ; Hung Youl Seok^b ; Seong-Mi Park^a ; Byung-Jo Kim^b ; Chul-Hwan Kim^c ; Wan-Joo Shim^a ; Ju Sung Shim^a ; Min-Gu Lee^a
• 关键词：Fulminant lymphocytic myocarditis ; Orbital myositis ; Diaphragmatic paralysis
• 刊名：Cardiovascular Pathology
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：January-February 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：25
• 期：1
• 页码：55-58
• 全文大小：905 K

文摘

Although the clinical presentation of myocarditis is very diverse, ranging from mild dyspnea to hemodynamic collapse, myocarditis accompanied with extracardiac myositis is extremely rare. We report a single case of fulminant myocarditis associated with orbital myositis and diaphragmatic paralysis in a 40-year-old man, which was successfully managed by immunosuppressive therapy with steroid.