• L. Mitrofanova
  • L. Korneva
  • I. Makarov
  • M. Bortsova
  • M. Sitnikova
  • D. Ryzhkova
  • D. Kudlay
  • A. Starshinova
Histiocytoses are rare diseases characterised by infiltration of affected organs by myeloid cells with a monocyte or dendritic cell phenotype. Symptoms can range from self-resolving localised forms to multisystemic lesions requiring specific treatment. To demonstrate extremely rare cases of CD68-negative cardiac histiocytosis with expression of SARS-CoV-2 antigen in infiltrate cells. We demonstrated a case of Erdheim–Chester disease in a 67-year-old man with pericardial involvement and positive dynamics with vemurafenib treatment, an autopsy case of xanthogranulomatous myopericarditis in a 63-year-old man, surgical material of xanthogranulomatous constrictive pericarditis in a 57-year-old man, and an autopsy case of xanthogranulomatosis in a 1-month-old girl. In all cases, xanthogranuloma cells expressed CD163, many of them spike protein SARS-CoV-2, while CD68 expression was detected only in single cells. In this article, we demonstrated four cases of extremely rare CD68-negative cardiac xanthogranulomatosis in three adults and one child with expression of the spike protein SARS-CoV-2 in M2 macrophages. This potential indirect association between COVID-19 and the development of histiocytosis in these patients warrants further investigation. To substantiate this hypothesis, more extensive research is needed. © 2024 by the authors.
Original languageEnglish
Article number10086
JournalInternational Journal of Molecular Sciences
Volume25
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - 19 Sep 2024

    Research areas

  • CD68, COVID-19, Erdheim–Chester disease, myocarditis, pericarditis, xanthogranulomatosis, CD163 antigen, CD68 antigen, CD68 antigen, human, cell surface receptor, coronavirus spike glycoprotein, differentiation antigen, leukocyte antigen, spike protein, SARS-CoV-2, aged, case report, complication, coronavirus disease 2019, diagnosis, Erdheim Chester disease, female, histiocytosis, human, infant, male, metabolism, middle aged, pathology, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, virology, Aged, Antigens, CD, Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic, CD68 Molecule, Erdheim-Chester Disease, Female, Histiocytosis, Humans, Infant, Male, Middle Aged, Receptors, Cell Surface, SARS-CoV-2, Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus, Antigens, CD/metabolism, COVID-19/metabolism, Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic/metabolism, Histiocytosis/pathology, SARS-CoV-2/metabolism, Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus/metabolism, Erdheim-Chester Disease/metabolism

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