Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 37-41, January 2008

Silent bony calcification of coronaries in an adolescent – an unusual case

  • O.P. Murty, MBBS, MD (Associate Professor and Head Forensic Pathology Unit)

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: Room No. 304, Second Floor, New Forensic Block, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India. Tel.: +919868397155; +91 1126593274, 26494944.
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  • K.S. Mun, MBBS, M. Path (Lecturer)
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  • Huzlinda Hussin, MBBS, M. Path (Std) (Medical Officer)

Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 59100, Malaysia

Received 9 April 2006; received in revised form 11 October 2006; accepted 30 October 2006.

Abstract 

This is a case report of 16-year-old adolescent school boy who died due to unusual calcification of coronary arteries. He died while cycling with his friends. While cycling fast he fell. He was brought dead to hospital. At times unsuspected cardiac lesions cause sudden death during extraneous physical activities in healthy persons. Sudden death in adolescents is not very common. It is an unusual case as apparently healthy adolescent boy actively participating in sports had stony hard coronary arteries. The coronaries showed advanced calcification and early bone formation. The myocardial septum had extensive fibrosis. The pathogenesis and other possible similar conditions are also discussed in the report.

Keywords: Death in sports, Adolescent sudden death, Unusual calcification of coronaries, Bone formation in coronary arteries

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PII: S1353-1131(06)00229-X

doi:10.1016/j.jcfm.2006.10.013

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 37-41, January 2008

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