Morphologically, immunohistochemically and PCR proven lymphocytic viral peri-, endo-, myocarditis in patients with fatal COVID-19.

Evgeniya KoganYuriy BerezovskiyOlga BlagovaAnna KuklevaLyudmila SemyonovaEvgeniy GretsovAtadzhan Ergeshov

Published in: Diagnostic pathology (2022)

Morphological and immunohistochemical evidence of myocarditis in COVID-19 was presented. Lymphocytic infiltrations and positive PCR confirm the viral nature of inflammation. Myocarditis in COVID-19 is also characterized by coronaritis with microvascular thrombosis and associated with lymphocytic endo- and pericarditis.

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