Cilliers Antoinette M, Adams Paul E, Mocumbi Ana O
Division of Paediatric Cardiology, Department of Paediatrics, C.H. Baragwanath Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Cardiol Young. 2011 Feb;21(1):101-3. doi: 10.1017/S1047951110001460. Epub 2010 Oct 28.
We present an unusual, biopsy-proven case of endomyocardial fibrosis in a 22-month-old male child, which progressed rapidly resulting in death. The patient was born to a father originating from Mozambique, where the disease is endemic but who had not himself travelled there, suggesting a genetic link. Other remarkable features were the presence of a right ventricular diverticulum, and a positive Mycoplasma pneumoniae immunoglobulin M enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay test.
我们报告了一例罕见的、经活检证实的22个月大男童心肌内膜纤维化病例，该病例进展迅速，最终导致死亡。患儿的父亲来自莫桑比克，该病在当地为地方病，但患儿父亲本人未曾去过那里，提示可能存在遗传联系。其他显著特征包括存在右心室憩室，以及肺炎支原体免疫球蛋白M酶联免疫吸附试验呈阳性。
