A type of cardiomyopathy characterized pathologically by hamartomatous lesions of cardiac Purkinje cells.
Comment:
This HPO term intends to refer to the histological changes that characterize histiocytoid cardiomyopthy. The disease entity Histiocytoid cardiomyopathy is a rare arrhythmogenic disorder characterized by incessant ventricular tachycardia, cardiomegaly, and often sudden death by age 2 years.
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Arachnocytosis of the myocardium; Foamy myocardial transformation; Focal lipid cardiomyopathy; Infantile cardiomyopathy with histiocytoid changes; Infantile xanthomatous cardiomyopathy; Isolated cardiac lipidosis; Myocardial or conduction system hamartoma; Oncocytic cardiomyopathy