[Hemopericardium caused by endocarditis ulcerosa: an unusual cause of sudden death in adolescence]

Arch Kriminol. 2002 Nov-Dec;210(5-6):158-66.
[Article in German]

Abstract

The authors report on the case of a 18-year-old student who died suddenly and unexpectedly of a pericardial tamponade after perforated ulcer-polypous endocarditis of the aortic valve. The detection of aerococcus urinae--which usually causes urinary tract infection--on the inflamed aortic valve demonstrates an unusual pathogenetic chain linking complexes of findings in the urogenital system and the heart.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Aortic Valve / pathology*
  • Cardiac Tamponade / pathology*
  • Coronary Stenosis / pathology
  • Coronary Thrombosis / pathology
  • Coronary Vessels / pathology
  • Death, Sudden, Cardiac / pathology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / pathology*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pericardial Effusion / pathology*
  • Streptococcaceae*
  • Ulcer / pathology*
  • Urinary Bladder / pathology
  • Urinary Tract Infections / pathology