Sudden death due to congenital pericardial defect: an autopsy case.
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.
Uzün
Ibrahim
I
Institute of Forensic Medicine, Ministry of Justice, Istanbul, Turkey.
Büyük
Yalçin
Y
Pakiş
Işil
I
Doğru
Adnan
A
Calk
Ali Ulvi
AU
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*