title: Incidental embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of the prostate gland in sudden infant death syndrome.
abstract: An incidental rhabdomyosarcoma of the prostate gland in a sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) case, which highlights the value of histological examination of all organs in autopsy cases, is reported. The possible significance of coexistent malignant tumors in death attributable to SIDS is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Victorian Institute of Forensic Pathology, South Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ruszkiewicz
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vernon-Roberts
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D018233:Rhabdomyosarcoma, Embryonal / Q000473:pathology*; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000473:pathology*