Indian Internet Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

  • Year: 2007
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 3

Sudden death of an adolescent during sports - A case of cardiomyopathy

  • Author:
  • OP Murty1,
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Published Online: Sep 1, 2007
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 1 to 6

1Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaysia., Kuala Lumpur, 59100, Malaysia

Abstract

This is a case report of 14 years adolescent schoolboy who died immediately after tennis play. At times, unsuspected cardiac lesions in the heart cause sudden death during extraneous physical activities. It is a rare case when an adolescent collapses suddenly after game. He never showed any obvious signs and symptoms of any disease. Cardiomyopathy was diagnosed on autopsy examination and histopathological examination.

Keywords

Death in sports, Adolescent sudden death, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Sudden death