Fatal hemopericardium due to ruptured solitary myocardial abscess unassociated with infective endocarditis

R. R. Winek; N. M. Schwenk; W. D. Edwards

Fatal hemopericardium due to ruptured solitary myocardial abscess unassociated with infective endocarditis

R. R. Winek, N. M. Schwenk, W. D. Edwards

General Internal Medicine

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Abstract

A case is presented of hemopericardium and sudden death due to rupture of a solitary myocardial abscess in an elderly woman with cirrhosis and mild urosepsis. If suspected clinically, such myocardial abscesses may be detectable by noninvasive tomographic cardiac imaging.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	255-257
Number of pages	3
Journal	American Journal of Cardiovascular Pathology
Volume	2
Issue number	3
State	Published - 1988

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Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Pathology and Forensic Medicine

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Fatal hemopericardium due to ruptured solitary myocardial abscess unassociated with infective endocarditis

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