Multifocal cardiac Purkinje cell tumor in infancy.
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.
Ottaviani
Giulia
G
Institute of Pathology, University of Milan, Via della Commenda, 19, 20122 Milan, Italy. Glulia.Ottaviani@unimi.it
Matturri
Luigi
L
Rossi
Lino
L
Lavezzi
Anna M
AM
James
Thomas N
TN
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*