Toxic hydroxychloroquine-induced cardiomyopathy complicating systemic lupus treatment

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Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is considered as efficient and safe to treat systemic lupus. We report a case of fatal toxic cardiomyopathy, an underrecognized adverse effect of HCQ. A 72-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus treated for 24 years by HCQ received a kidney allograft. One year later she developed a cardiomyopathy with conductive disorders. An endomyocardial biopsy showed severe non-specific myocardial fibrosis and hypertrophic vacuolated myocytes. Transmission electron microscopy showed curvilinear bodies and pseudomyelin figures consistent with HCQ-induced cardiomyopathy. At immunohistochemistry LC3b, p62 and beclin-1 accumulated in vacuolated cardiac myocytes suggesting impaired cell autophagy. When unexplained cardiac disease develops in patients receiving long-term HCQ treatment, toxic cardiomyopathy should be considered leading to a diagnostic endomyocardial biopsy.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:41

Enthalten in:

Annales de pathologie - 41(2021), 1 vom: 01. Feb., Seite 101-104

Sprache:

Französisch

Weiterer Titel:

Cardiomyopathie toxique induite par l’hydroxychloroquine compliquant le traitement d’un lupus systémique

Beteiligte Personen:

Bories, Marie-Cécile [VerfasserIn]
Gibault, Laure [VerfasserIn]
Tharaux, Pierre-Louis [VerfasserIn]
Bruneval, Patrick [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

4QWG6N8QKH
Autophagie
Autophagy
Biopsie endomyocardique
Case Reports
Endomyocardial biopsy
Hydroxychloroquine
Journal Article
Lupus systémique
Systemic lupus erythematosus
Toxic hydroxychloroquine-induced cardiomyopathy
Toxicité cardiaque de l’hydroxychloroquine

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Date Completed 15.10.2021

Date Revised 15.10.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.annpat.2020.09.007

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM319832023