title: [Hemopericardium caused by endocarditis ulcerosa: an unusual cause of sudden death in adolescence].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Universität Freiburg.
authors.forename: Markus Grosse
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Perdekamp
authors.forename: Annerose
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Serr
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hench
authors.forename: Dominik
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mattern
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bohnert
mesh_terms: 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