Case Report

Clinical History and Colliquative Myocytolysis Are Keys to the Diagnosis of Shoshin Beriberi

Figure 1

Myocardial biopsy histopathology. (a) Grade 2 colliquative myocytolysis and perinuclear disappearance of myofibrils with intramyocardial edema appearing as an empty sarcolemmal tube. Hematoxylin-eosin stain, ×400. (b) Interstitial fibrosis is evident. Azan staining, ×200. (c) Mild cell infiltration in the myocardium. Immunostaining for CD 45 antigens; hematoxylin-eosin stain, ×200.
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