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Sudden cardiac death in infancy due to histiocytoid cardiomyopathy. 2000

V Grech, and B Ellul, and S A Montalto

Pediatric Department, St. Lukeis Hospital, Guardamangia, Malta. victor.e.grech@magnet.mt

Detailed post-mortem is crucial in infants who die suddenly and without a known cause. We report a rare case of histiocytoid cardiomyopathy with endocardial fibroelastosis, the second case in the world literature. The infant presented with sudden death, but the cardiac histological appearance was initially believed to be caused by Pompes disease.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D002312	Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic	A form of CARDIAC MUSCLE disease, characterized by left and/or right ventricular hypertrophy (HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; HYPERTROPHY, RIGHT VENTRICULAR), frequent asymmetrical involvement of the HEART SEPTUM, and normal or reduced left ventricular volume. Risk factors include HYPERTENSION; AORTIC STENOSIS; and gene MUTATION; (FAMILIAL HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY).	Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic Obstructive,Cardiomyopathies, Hypertrophic,Cardiomyopathies, Hypertrophic Obstructive,Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathies,Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy,Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathies,Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy,Obstructive Cardiomyopathies, Hypertrophic,Obstructive Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic
D003937	Diagnosis, Differential	Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures.	Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D005260	Female		Females
D006009	Glycogen Storage Disease Type II	An autosomal recessively inherited glycogen storage disease caused by GLUCAN 1,4-ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASE deficiency. Large amounts of GLYCOGEN accumulate in the LYSOSOMES of skeletal muscle (MUSCLE, SKELETAL); HEART; LIVER; SPINAL CORD; and BRAIN. Three forms have been described: infantile, childhood, and adult. The infantile form is fatal in infancy and presents with hypotonia and a hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC). The childhood form usually presents in the second year of life with proximal weakness and respiratory symptoms. The adult form consists of a slowly progressive proximal myopathy. (From Muscle Nerve 1995;3:S61-9; Menkes, Textbook of Child Neurology, 5th ed, pp73-4)	Acid Maltase Deficiency Disease,Generalized Glycogenosis,Glycogenosis 2,Lysosomal alpha-1,4-Glucosidase Deficiency Disease,Pompe Disease,Acid Alpha-Glucosidase Deficiency,Acid Maltase Deficiency,Adult Glycogen Storage Disease Type II,Alpha-1,4-Glucosidase Deficiency,Deficiency Disease, Acid Maltase,Deficiency Disease, Lysosomal alpha-1,4-Glucosidase,Deficiency of Alpha-Glucosidase,GAA Deficiency,GSD II,GSD2,Glycogen Storage Disease II,Glycogen Storage Disease Type 2,Glycogen Storage Disease Type II, Adult,Glycogen Storage Disease Type II, Infantile,Glycogen Storage Disease Type II, Juvenile,Glycogenosis Type II,Infantile Glycogen Storage Disease Type II,Juvenile Glycogen Storage Disease Type II,Pompe's Disease,Acid Alpha Glucosidase Deficiency,Acid Alpha-Glucosidase Deficiencies,Acid Maltase Deficiencies,Alpha 1,4 Glucosidase Deficiency,Alpha-1,4-Glucosidase Deficiencies,Alpha-Glucosidase Deficiencies,Alpha-Glucosidase Deficiencies, Acid,Alpha-Glucosidase Deficiency,Alpha-Glucosidase Deficiency, Acid,Deficiencies, Acid Alpha-Glucosidase,Deficiencies, Acid Maltase,Deficiencies, Alpha-1,4-Glucosidase,Deficiencies, GAA,Deficiency of Alpha Glucosidase,Deficiency, Acid Alpha-Glucosidase,Deficiency, Acid Maltase,Deficiency, Alpha-1,4-Glucosidase,Deficiency, GAA,Disease, Pompe,Disease, Pompe's,GAA Deficiencies,GSD2s,Generalized Glycogenoses,Glycogenoses, Generalized,Glycogenosis, Generalized,Lysosomal alpha 1,4 Glucosidase Deficiency Disease,Maltase Deficiencies, Acid,Pompes Disease,Type II, Glycogenosis,Type IIs, Glycogenosis
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001344	Autopsy	Postmortem examination of the body.	Autopsies,Post-Mortem Examination,Postmortem Examination,Examination, Post-Mortem,Examination, Postmortem,Examinations, Post-Mortem,Examinations, Postmortem,Post Mortem Examination,Post-Mortem Examinations,Postmortem Examinations
D015614	Histiocytosis	General term for the abnormal appearance of histiocytes in the blood. Based on the pathological features of the cells involved rather than on clinical findings, the histiocytic diseases are subdivided into three groups: HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS CELL; HISTIOCYTOSIS, NON-LANGERHANS-CELL; and HISTIOCYTIC DISORDERS, MALIGNANT.	Histiocytoses
D016757	Death, Sudden, Cardiac	Unexpected rapid natural death due to cardiovascular collapse within one hour of initial symptoms. It is usually caused by the worsening of existing heart diseases. The sudden onset of symptoms, such as CHEST PAIN and CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS, particularly VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA, can lead to the loss of consciousness and cardiac arrest followed by biological death. (from Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, 7th ed., 2005)	Cardiac Sudden Death,Sudden Cardiac Death,Cardiac Arrest, Sudden,Sudden Cardiac Arrest,Arrest, Sudden Cardiac,Cardiac Arrests, Sudden,Cardiac Death, Sudden,Death, Cardiac Sudden,Death, Sudden Cardiac,Sudden Death, Cardiac