Key result
Autopsy of a 34-year-old male who suffered sudden cardiac death revealed diffuse lymphohistiocytic inflammatory cell infiltration and multinuclear giant cells, confirming giant cell myocarditis.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights the importance of detailed cardiac pathologic evaluation in cases of sudden cardiac death to diagnose rare conditions like giant cell myocarditis.
Sudden cardiac deaths due to giant cell myocarditis (GCM) are uncommon. Giant cell myocarditis may cause serious heart failure, complete heart block, malignant ventricular arrhythmias. Our case was 34years old male patient who had sudden loss of consciousness after discussing with another driver in traffic and he died on his way to hospital. The autopsy was performed and in cardiac pathologic examination; chronic inflammatory cells and multinucleated giant cells were observed between myocardial fibers and this finding was found to be consistent with giant cell myocarditis. Giant cell myocarditis is usually seen in young and healthy people. Most of the cases can be diagnosed histologically. The purpose of this study is to aware the forensic experts to evaluate a cardiac case in details and properly.
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Kenan Kaya (2018) conducted a case report in Giant cell myocarditis (n=1). Giant cell myocarditis was evaluated on Cause of sudden death. Autopsy of a 34-year-old male who suffered sudden cardiac death revealed diffuse lymphohistiocytic inflammatory cell infiltration and multinuclear giant cells, confirming giant cell myocarditis.
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