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Pandemic H1N1 influenza-associated myocarditis in a patient with Castleman's disease.

Elena ResinoBernardino RocaM. Penades

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Myocarditisbusiness.industryvirusesCastleman DiseaseH1N1 influenzavirus diseasesGeneral MedicineDiseaseMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseVirologyVirusMyocarditisInfluenza A Virus H1N1 SubtypeSpainPandemicInfluenza HumanMedicineHumansFemalebusinessPandemics

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We report on a patient with longstanding multicentric Castleman’s disease, hyaline-vascular type, who presented with nearly-fatal myocarditis associated with a 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus infection. This is the first case of such an association described in the literature.

10.1177/0036933012474619https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23596039