Case 231. 

Trypanosoma cruzi myocarditis (Chagas disease) (62 y-o M)
       
  Autopsied arrhythmic heart (720 g) in a Nisei farmer who stayed in Brasil for 40 years  
       

 

  A few cardiomyocytes contain granulated inclusions in the cytoplasm. Inflammatory reaction is scarcely seen in this case (HE, lower power).