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Europace 2004 6(2):138-141; doi:10.1016/j.eupc.2003.10.002
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CASE REPORT

Multifocal cardiac Purkinje cell tumor in infancy

Giulia Ottaviania,b,*, Luigi Matturria, Lino Rossia, Anna M. Lavezzia and Thomas N. Jamesb

aInstitute of Pathology, University of Milan Via della Commenda, 19, 20122 Milan, Italy; bDepartment of Medicine and Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston TX, USA

Cot death is the commonest form of death among babies in the first year of life. The authors report the unusual case of a 2-month-old female infant dying suddenly and unexpectedly in whom a postmortem histological examination demonstrated a cardiac multifocal Purkinje cell tumor. Necroscopy studies of sudden infant death should always include an accurate histological examination of the cardiac conduction system and brainstem using serial sections.

Key Words: Purkinje cell tumor, sudden infant death, cot death, cardiac conduction system

*Corresponding author. Tel.: +39-02-5419543; fax: +39-02-5419538. E-mail address: Giulia.Ottaviani{at}unimi.it (G. Ottaviani). URL: http://users.unimi.it/~pathol/pathol.html


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