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Sudden death in an adolescent due to primary angiosarcoma of the right atrium

Authors: Lorraine du Toit-Prinsloo, Egbert C. A. van Niekerk, Christien M. Cronjé, Jurgen Dinkel

Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology | Issue 3/2016

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A 16 year old male adolescent of African ethnicity presented to a health care facility with a long standing history of chronic coughing. The treating medical practitioner requested a chest X-ray which revealed a large left sided pleural effusion. The patient was subsequently transferred to a referral hospital (one Military Hospital) in Pretoria, South Africa. Shortly after the patient arrived in the casualty department, he was in severe respiratory distress and active resuscitation had to be initiated. Despite full resuscitation efforts, the patient demised. …

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Title: Sudden death in an adolescent due to primary angiosarcoma of the right atrium
Authors: Lorraine du Toit-Prinsloo
Egbert C. A. van Niekerk
Christien M. Cronjé
Jurgen Dinkel
Publication date: 01-09-2016
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology / Issue 3/2016
Print ISSN: 1547-769X
Electronic ISSN: 1556-2891
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-016-9779-8

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