Sudden unexpectecl infant death due to fibroma of the heart

Christoph Meissner*, Petra Minnasch, Evariste Gafumbegete, Arthur Reiter, Ivana Gerling, Manfred Oehmichen

*Corresponding author for this work
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Abstract

A 7-month-old previously healthy female infant was found dead in her crib by her mother shortly after having been laid down to sleep following the noontime feeding. Because the child did not suffer from an acute illness and no other evidence pointed to a cause of death, it was initially assumed by the police that she had died of sudden infant death syndrome. At autopsy, however, the cause of death was determined to be cardiac arrhythmia secondary to fibroma of the heart.

Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Forensic Sciences
Volume45
Issue number3
Pages (from-to)731-733
Number of pages3
ISSN0022-1198
Publication statusPublished - 01.05.2000

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