1. Fulminant lymphocytic myocarditis associated with orbital myositis and diaphragmatic paralysis.
- Author
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Kwon OH, Kim MN, Kim SA, Seok HY, Park SM, Kim BJ, Kim CH, Shim WJ, Shim JS, and Lee MG
- Subjects
- Adult, Biopsy, Diplopia etiology, Dyspnea etiology, Humans, Immunosuppressive Agents therapeutic use, Lymphocytes immunology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Myocarditis drug therapy, Myocarditis immunology, Myocarditis pathology, Myocardium immunology, Orbital Myositis diagnosis, Respiratory Paralysis diagnosis, Steroids, Treatment Outcome, Lymphocytes pathology, Myocarditis complications, Myocardium pathology, Orbital Myositis etiology, Respiratory Paralysis etiology
- Abstract
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., (Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2016
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