Acute necrotizing eosinophilic myocarditis as a manifestation of severe hypersensitivity myocarditis. Antemortem diagnosis and successful treatment

Ann Intern Med. 1991 Aug 1;115(3):201-2. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-115-3-201.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Amitriptyline / adverse effects
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / chemically induced
  • Drug Hypersensitivity / pathology*
  • Eosinophilia / chemically induced*
  • Eosinophilia / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hydroxychloroquine / adverse effects
  • Myocarditis / chemically induced*
  • Myocarditis / pathology
  • Necrosis

Substances

  • Amitriptyline
  • Hydroxychloroquine