Cardiac tamponade secondary to fulminant myocarditis - A case of custodial death

Abstract Cardiac tamponade following rupture of the heart occurs very rapidly, resulting in a fatal fall in the cardiac output and circulatory collapse. Spontaneous cardiac rupture is an uncommon occurrence and that too occurring secondary to myocarditis is a very rare event. Myocarditis is an infla...

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Published in:Journal of forensic and legal medicine 2011-01, Vol.18 (1), p.30-33
Main Authors: Gouda, Hareesh S., MD (Forensic Medicine), Kumar, Lavlesh, MD (Forensic Medicine), Malur, P.R., MD (Pathology), Patil, Sunita Y., DCP, MD (Pathology)
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Autopsies
Cardiac rupture
Cardiac tamponade
Cardiac Tamponade - etiology
Cardiomyocytes
Cardiovascular disease
Chest Pain - etiology
Custodial death
Deaths
Forensic medicine
Forensic Pathology
Fulminant myocarditis
Heart Ventricles - injuries
Heart Ventricles - pathology
Humans
Inflammatory diseases
Legal medicine
Male
Medical diagnosis
Middle Aged
Myocarditis - diagnosis
Myocardium - pathology
Pathology
Prisoners
Rupture
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Summary:Abstract Cardiac tamponade following rupture of the heart occurs very rapidly, resulting in a fatal fall in the cardiac output and circulatory collapse. Spontaneous cardiac rupture is an uncommon occurrence and that too occurring secondary to myocarditis is a very rare event. Myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of the myocardium and its clinical presentation is highly variable. Due to its highly variable clinical presentation, the diagnosis is frequently made at autopsy. In this article, we report death of a prisoner due to cardiac tamponade following right ventricular rupture secondary to fulminant myocarditis.
ISSN:1752-928X
1878-7487
DOI:10.1016/j.jflm.2010.10.005