1. Institut f??r Rechtsmedizin, Universit?tsklinikum M??nster, R?ntgenstr. 23, 48149, M??nster, Deutschland 2. University Center of Legal Medicine, Rue Michel-Servet 1, 1211, Genf, Schweiz
Abstract:
This is a report on the sudden death of a 4-week-old female infant without external signs of violence. At autopsy the anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary trunk (Bland-White-Garland syndrome) was identified as the possible cause of death. Immunohistochemical investigations revealed fresh cardiac necrosis indicating an acute fatal event. Toxicological analyses were negative.