ENDOCARDIAL FIBROELASTOSIS

Case Reports1 March 1953ENDOCARDIAL FIBROELASTOSISC. RALPH LETTEER, M.D., F.A.C.P.C. RALPH LETTEER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-38-3-573 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAn unusual, puzzling and fatal type of heart disease in a 14 month old child was recently under observation on the pediatric service of the Robert B. Green Hospital. At the postmortem table, prior to examination, Dr. Louis J. Manhoff, pathologist to the hospital, after a brief perusal of the clinical data and on criteria to be elucidated later, expressed the opinion that the child had congenital endocardial fibroelastosis. This was confirmed by the pathologic examination. 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