Acute petrified myocardium associated with meningococcal sepsis in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematous: a fatal case

Acute petrified myocardium associated with meningococcal sepsis in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematous: a fatal case

ABSTRACT Acute petrified myocardium associated with septic shock, diagnosed by autopsy has rarely been described. A 15-year-old adolescent male was diagnosed with childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus. One year later, he was hospitalized with fever, myalgia, headache, arthritis, vomiting, dys...

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Main Authors: Ana Carolina Etrusco Zaroni Santos, Michele Luglio, Artur Figueiredo Delgado, Constance Dell Santo Vieira Schuwartz, Heloísa Helena Sousa Marques, Clarissa Carvalho de Miranda Valões, Maria Andreina Cabrera Dominguez, Werther Brunow de Carvalho, Clovis Artur Silva, Amaro Nunes Duarte-Neto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Myocardial calcification
Sepsis
Neisseria meningitides
Lupus
Intensive care
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