The goal of this presentation is to present a case of sudden cardiac failure and death in a 28-year-old Caucasian male, with reactivation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). A complete methodological forensic approach by means of autopsy, histological, and immunohistochemical examinations lead investigators to conclude an acute congestive heart failure due to pancarditis as cause of death. This presentation will impact the forensic science community by discussing a definitive diagnosis of acute congestive heart failure with dilated cardiomyopathy after pancarditis was made, as a fatal and rare complication of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

Systemic lupus erythematosus and fatal cardiac failure due to pancarditis in a young man

NERI, Margherita;
2010

Abstract

The goal of this presentation is to present a case of sudden cardiac failure and death in a 28-year-old Caucasian male, with reactivation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). A complete methodological forensic approach by means of autopsy, histological, and immunohistochemical examinations lead investigators to conclude an acute congestive heart failure due to pancarditis as cause of death. This presentation will impact the forensic science community by discussing a definitive diagnosis of acute congestive heart failure with dilated cardiomyopathy after pancarditis was made, as a fatal and rare complication of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
2010
Lupus, Pancarditis, Dilated Cardiomyopathy
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