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Myocarditis Associated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy
Wednesday 28 October 2020
Myocarditis Associated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy
Synopsis
significant and prominent interstitial inflammatory infiltrate composed of numerous histiocytes with interspersed lymphocytes.
This lymphohistiocytic infiltrate was associated with evidence of myocardial injury.
- This included loss of myocyte nuclei, myocytes with irregular cell membranes with moth-eaten appearance, hypereosinophilia, and shrunken and irregular cardiac myocytes, but not associated with fibrosis .
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