TY - JOUR
T1 - Sudden, unexpected infant death due to pulmonary arterial hypertension
AU - Igari, Yui
AU - Hosoya, Tadashi
AU - Hayashizaki, Yoshie
AU - Ohuchi, Tsukasa
AU - Usui, Akihito
AU - Kawasumi, Yusuke
AU - Hashiyada, Masaki
AU - Funayama, Masato
PY - 2014/1
Y1 - 2014/1
N2 - A 3-year-old girl with no particular medical history complained of a stomachache and died on the way to the hospital. The autopsy revealed marked right ventricular hypertrophy and dilation with no other cardiac abnormalities. Microscopically, the pulmonary small arteries showed marked medial hypertrophy and varying degrees of intimal and adventitial thickening. We supposed that the cause of death was attributable to pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). PAH is a rare disease that can cause sudden, unexpected death at any age. Forensic pathologists should consider PAH in the differential diagnosis of sudden death.
AB - A 3-year-old girl with no particular medical history complained of a stomachache and died on the way to the hospital. The autopsy revealed marked right ventricular hypertrophy and dilation with no other cardiac abnormalities. Microscopically, the pulmonary small arteries showed marked medial hypertrophy and varying degrees of intimal and adventitial thickening. We supposed that the cause of death was attributable to pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). PAH is a rare disease that can cause sudden, unexpected death at any age. Forensic pathologists should consider PAH in the differential diagnosis of sudden death.
KW - Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)
KW - Right ventricular hypertrophy
KW - Sudden death in infancy
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U2 - 10.1016/j.legalmed.2013.11.001
DO - 10.1016/j.legalmed.2013.11.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 24290782
AN - SCOPUS:84891657480
VL - 16
SP - 44
EP - 47
JO - Legal Medicine
JF - Legal Medicine
SN - 1344-6223
IS - 1
ER -