Single ventricle cardiac defect.
Single ventricle heart is defined as a rare cardiac abnormality with a single ventricle chamber involving diverse functional and physiological defects. Our case is of a ten month-old baby boy who died shortly after admission to the hospital due to vomiting and diarrhoea. Autopsy findings revealed cyanosis of finger nails and ears. Internal examination revealed; large heart, weighing 60 grams, single ventricle, without a septum and upper membranous part. Single ventricle is a rare pathology, hence, this paper aims to discuss this case from a medico-legal point of view.
Uludag University Medical Faculty, Forensic Medicine Department, Council of Forensic Medicine of Turkey Bursa Morgue Department, 16059, Bursa, Turkey.
Bulent
B
Eren
Nursel
N
Turkmen
Nurset
N
Turkmen
Recep
R
Fedakar
Berna
B
Senel
Volkan
V
Cetin
Volkn
V
Cetin
D001344:Autopsy; D003490:Cyanosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male