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. 2000 Oct;84(4):449–454. doi: 10.1136/heart.84.4.449

Myocarditis, pericarditis and other pericardial diseases

C Oakley 1
PMCID: PMC1729455  PMID: 10995424

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Acute myocarditis showing sheets of pale staining myocytes. Lymphocytes are seen which were identified as CD4 and CD8 cells on immunohistology.

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Constrictive pericarditis caused by infection presented 10 years after operation to relieve ileal atresia as a neonate. The patient had developed septicaemia as an infant but purulent pericarditis had not been recognised.

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