title: Sudden death from an asymptomatic phaeochromocytoma: a case report.
abstract: A case of sudden death due to a phaeochromocytoma in an apparently healthy young man is presented. In cases of sudden death it is necessary to perform a complete and accurate autopsy also looking for alterations in other organs than the heart that could explain the death.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Medicina Legale, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Piazzale Spedali Civili 1, 25123 Brescia, Italy. verzelet@med.unibs.it
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Verzeletti
authors.forename: Maria Luisa
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Amariti
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000473:pathology; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D005355:Fibrosis; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000473:pathology; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000473:pathology*; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000473:pathology