Tuberculous myocarditis presenting as sudden cardiac death.
A 71-year-old Chinese male presented as sudden death and autopsy revealed miliary tuberculosis with tuberculous myocarditis. Though miliary tuberculosis is not as common as in the past, it remains one of the possible causes of sudden cardiac death.
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Department of Pathology, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong.
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D000368:Aged; D001344:Autopsy; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000473:pathology*; D009336:Necrosis; D014381:Tuberculosis, Cardiovascular / Q000473:pathology*; D014391:Tuberculosis, Miliary / Q000473:pathology*