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.