Fatal hemopericardium due to ruptured solitary myocardial abscess unassociated with infective endocarditis.
A case is presented of hemopericardium and sudden death due to rupture of a solitary myocardial abscess in an elderly woman with cirrhosis and mild urosepsis. If suspected clinically, such myocardial abscesses may be detectable by noninvasive tomographic cardiac imaging.
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Division of Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
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D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000209:etiology*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology