title: Fat infiltration of left ventricle - a rare cause of sudden cardiac death.
abstract: Cor adiposum is a rare disorder of the heart, where the normal heart tissue is replaced by fibro-fatty infiltrates. We report one such case of a middle-aged female who was declared dead shortly after a syncopal episode. At autopsy, the pericardium was intact and firmly adhered to the heart. Histopathology revealed fatty infiltrates extending into the left ventricle of the heart. A post-mortem diagnosis of Cor adiposum was made which is an uncommonly reported cause of sudden cardiac death.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India tanujkanchan@yahoo.co.in tanuj.kanchan@manipal.edu.
authors.forename: Tanuj
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanchan
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu University, Kathmandu, Nepal.
authors.forename: Jenash
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Acharya
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Pradhum
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ram
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore (A Constituent College of Manipal University), India.
authors.forename: Urmila N
authors.initials: UN
authors.lastname: Khadilkar
authors.affiliation: Alameda County Medical Center - Highland Hospital, Oakland, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Talvinder
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rana
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D004620:Embolism, Fat / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India
keywords: Cor adiposum; Sudden cardiac death; fatty infiltration of the heart