Right ventricular cardiomyopathy. A rare and underdiagnosed cause of sudden death in young adults.
We present an example of right ventricular cardiomyopathy, a very uncommon condition which caused sudden death in an adolescent boy. This case report is used to highlight the pathological features of this rare and poorly understood condition, which is often undiagnosed.
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Department of Pathology, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica.
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D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D000293:Adolescent; D001284:Atrophy; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications*; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology*; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000150:complications; D005355:Fibrosis; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male