PMID: 8597866Sep 1, 1995Paper

Fatal Epstein-Barr virus myocarditis in a child with repetitive myocarditis

Pediatric Pathology & Laboratory Medicine : Journal of the Society for Pediatric Pathology, Affiliated with the International Paediatric Pathology Association
M M HebertB B Rogers

Abstract

Fatal Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) myocarditis occurred in a 9-year-old female with a history of two prior discrete episodes of myocarditis, the first associated with chicken pox and the second of undetermined origin. Serologic studies during the fatal episode were characteristic of acute EBV infection, and EBV genome was detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of DNA extracted from autopsy heart and liver. PCRs for enteroviruses and cardiac viral culture were negative. An intense mononuclear cell infiltrate in the myocardium consisted entirely of T cells, without identifiable B cells. Human leukocyte antigen HLA-DR analysis using frozen tissue obtained postmortem revealed antigens DR4 and DR13. DR4 is associated with some autoimmune disorders, as well as idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. We postulate that an aberrant immune response, possibly associated with the DR4 locus, was responsible for the repetitive episodes of myocarditis in this patient.

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