[Hemopericardium caused by endocarditis ulcerosa: an unusual cause of sudden death in adolescence].
The authors report on the case of a 18-year-old student who died suddenly and unexpectedly of a pericardial tamponade after perforated ulcer-polypous endocarditis of the aortic valve. The detection of aerococcus urinae--which usually causes urinary tract infection--on the inflamed aortic valve demonstrates an unusual pathogenetic chain linking complexes of findings in the urogenital system and the heart.
Perdekamp
Markus Grosse
MG
Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Universität Freiburg.
Serr
Annerose
A
Hench
Jürgen
J
Mattern
Dominik
D
Bohnert
Michael
M
D000293:Adolescent; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000473:pathology*; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000473:pathology*; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000473:pathology; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000473:pathology; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000473:pathology*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000473:pathology*; D013289:Streptococcaceae; D014456:Ulcer / Q000473:pathology*; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000473:pathology; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000473:pathology