title: Sudden death due to congenital pericardial defect: an autopsy case.
abstract: Pericardial defects are rare in childhood and outcome is usually benign. Patients may be asymptomatic, but chest pain, emboli, arrhythmia, and sudden death have been described in the literature. We report the case of a 12-year-old boy who suddenly died after mild exercise. A left-sided pericardial defect with a diameter of 8 cm was detected on medico-legal autopsy.
authors: Institute of Forensic Medicine, Ministry of Justice, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Ibrahim
authors: I
authors: Uzün
authors: Yalçin
authors: Y
authors: Büyük
authors: Işil
authors: I
authors: Pakiş
authors: Adnan
authors: A
authors: Doğru
authors: Ali Ulvi
authors: AU
authors: Calk
mesh_terms: D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000473:pathology; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000473:pathology; D009210:Myofibrils / Q000473:pathology; D009336:Necrosis; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000473:pathology; D010496:Pericardium / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology*