title: Benign intracardiac teratoma. A case of sudden death.
abstract: A 2.5-year-old girl with no known medical problems had a witnessed sudden collapse and died. At autopsy, a large tumor was found within the interventricular septum of the heart. The gross and microscopic findings of the tumor were typical for a benign teratoma. Only five other cases of benign teratomas of the heart were found in a review of the literature. Pertinent features of these tumors are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Office of the Medical Examiner, San Diego County, Calif.
authors.forename: C I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Swalwell
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D013724:Teratoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*