[A rare cause of sudden cardiac failure: histiocytoid cardiomyopathy]

Béma Coulibaly; Marie-Dominique Piercecchi-Marti; Carla Fernandez; Anne-Pascale Wasier; Laurent Viard; Alain Fraisse; Dominique Figarella-Branger; Georges Leonetti; Jean Camboulives; Olivier Paut

doi:10.1016/j.annpat.2011.02.010

[A rare cause of sudden cardiac failure: histiocytoid cardiomyopathy]

Ann Pathol. 2011 Apr;31(2):93-7. doi: 10.1016/j.annpat.2011.02.010. Epub 2011 Mar 31.

[Article in French]

Authors

Béma Coulibaly¹, Marie-Dominique Piercecchi-Marti, Carla Fernandez, Anne-Pascale Wasier, Laurent Viard, Alain Fraisse, Dominique Figarella-Branger, Georges Leonetti, Jean Camboulives, Olivier Paut

Affiliation

¹ Service d'anatomie pathologique et de neuropathologie, CHU Timone, 264, rue Saint-Pierre, 13385 cedex 5, Marseille, France. bema_coulibaly@yahoo.fr

PMID: 21601113
DOI: 10.1016/j.annpat.2011.02.010

Abstract

Histiocytoid cardiomyopathy is a rare disease which occurs predominantly in the first two years of life, with a female preponderance. We report the cases of two girls (11 and 15-month-old) which were respectively referred to our institution for ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation without prodroma. Etiologic findings only showed mild cardiomyopathy. Autopsy and histologic examination led to the diagnosis of histiocytoid cardiomyopathy. Furthermore, in the first observation, agenesis of the corpus callosum was found.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cardiomyopathies / complications
Cardiomyopathies / congenital*
Cardiomyopathies / pathology
Death, Sudden, Cardiac / etiology*
Death, Sudden, Cardiac / pathology
Electron Transport Complex III / deficiency
Fatal Outcome
Female
Humans
Infant

Substances

Electron Transport Complex III

Supplementary concepts

Cardiomyopathy, infantile histiocytoid