Myocarditis as an incidental finding in young men dying from unnatural causes.
Histological examination of the heart in a murder victim revealed florid myocarditis as an incidental finding. Subsequent examination of the heart in 27 further cases of unnatural death in young men aged 15-25 years revealed three more cases of myocarditis. In none of these four cases was the myocarditis thought to have caused or contributed to death.
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D000059:Accidents; D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000473:pathology*; D013405:Suicide