Unexpected death of a middle-aged man with severe pectus excavatum in association with pulmonary emboli

Unexpected death of a middle-aged man with severe pectus excavatum in association with pulmonary emboli

On a mid-summer day, a middle-aged man with severe pectus excavatum died unexpectedly in his bed one to two weeks after the onset of dyspnea, which had been followed by bedrest and restricted drinking and eating. Computed tomography (CT) and autopsy demonstrated an eccentrically hypertrophied heart...

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Main Authors: Mayumi Kataoka, Hidenori Yoshizawa, Kanako Kobayashi, Keita Sakurai, Keiko Matsuno, Yoshiteru Tamura, Satomu Morita, Hideyuki Maeda, Ken-ichi Yoshida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-03-01
Series:Human Pathology: Case Reports
Subjects:
Pectus excavatum
Pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary infarction
Heart failure
Right cardiac hypertrophy
Intra-cardiac thrombus
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214330021000122

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