title: Multifocal cardiac Purkinje cell tumor in infancy.
abstract: Cot death is the commonest form of death among babies in the first year of life. The authors report the unusual case of a 2-month-old female infant dying suddenly and unexpectedly in whom a postmortem histological examination demonstrated a cardiac multifocal Purkinje cell tumor. Necroscopy studies of sudden infant death should always include an accurate histological examination of the cardiac conduction system and brainstem using serial sections.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pathology, University of Milan, Via della Commenda, 19, 20122 Milan, Italy. Glulia.Ottaviani@unimi.it
authors.forename: Giulia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ottaviani
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Matturri
authors.forename: Lino
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: Anna M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Lavezzi
authors.forename: Thomas N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: James
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000473:pathology*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000209:etiology*