Generalized sarcoidosis with a predominant lesion of the myocardium
Galankina, I.E.; Ershova, N.V.
Arkhiv Patologii 41(2): 52-58
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-1955 PMID: 426649 Document Number: 145904
Materials on heart sarcoidosis are presented on the basis of the literature analysis, morphological and electron microscopical examination of an autopsy observation. Heart sarcoidosis is characterized morphologically by granulomatous myocarditis with diffuse infiltration with lymphoid and macrophage cells, and marked destructive changes in muscle fibers. A damaging effect of the infiltrate cells on cardiomyocytes is shown.