Two Unusual Cases of Sudden Death in Children

Maria-Chiara Osterheld, Marie-Hélène Perez

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Institute of Pathology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.

DOI: 10.4236/ojpathology.2013.32013                

Abstract

We report two unusual cases of sudden unexpected death in children. Histopathologic examination showed intimal fibroplasias, a variant of fibromuscular dysplasia of the right coronary artery associated in both cases with fatty infiltration of the right ventricular myocardium. The significance of this particular combination of two lesions known to induce a sudden death in young people is discussed.

Keywords

Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia-Like Cardiomyopathy; Fibromuscular Coronary Artery Dysplasia; Sudden Death

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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