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Postmortem histological examination of a 2-month-old female infant who died suddenly demonstrated a cardiac multifocal Purkinje cell tumor.
Case Report (n=1)
Necroscopy studies of sudden infant death should include accurate histological examination of the cardiac conduction system and brainstem to identify rare causes like multifocal Purkinje cell tumors.
Rare Purkinje cell tumor may underlie sudden infant death; leaves open whether routine conduction-system histology should be standard in SIDS necropsy.
Cot death is the commonest form of death among babies in the first year of life. The authors report the unusual case of a 2-month-old female infant dying suddenly and unexpectedly in whom a postmortem histological examination demonstrated a cardiac multifocal Purkinje cell tumor. Necroscopy studies of sudden infant death should always include an accurate histological examination of the cardiac conduction system and brainstem using serial sections.
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Ottaviani et al. (2004) conducted a case report in Sudden infant death / cardiac multifocal Purkinje cell tumor (n=1). Postmortem histological examination was evaluated on Postmortem findings. Postmortem histological examination of a 2-month-old female infant who died suddenly demonstrated a cardiac multifocal Purkinje cell tumor.
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