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

Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Van Niekerk, Egbert C.A.; Cronje, Christien M.; Dinkel, Jurgen Erich

dc.contributor.author	Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine
dc.contributor.author	Van Niekerk, Egbert C.A.
dc.contributor.author	Cronje, Christien M.
dc.contributor.author	Dinkel, Jurgen Erich
dc.date.accessioned	2016-05-12T12:43:59Z
dc.date.issued	2016-09
dc.description.abstract	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.	en_ZA
dc.description.department	Forensic Medicine	en_ZA
dc.description.embargo	2017-09-30
dc.description.librarian	hb2016	en_ZA
dc.description.uri	http://link.springer.com/journal/12024	en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation	Du Toit-Prinsloo, L, Van Niekerk, ECA, Cronjé, CM & Dinkel, JE 2016, 'Sudden death in an adolescent due to primary angiosarcoma of the right atrium', Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 376-379..	en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn	1547-769X (print)
dc.identifier.issn	1556-2891 (online)
dc.identifier.other	10.1007/s12024-016-9779-8
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/52606
dc.language.iso	en	en_ZA
dc.publisher	Springer	en_ZA
dc.rights	© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2016. The original publication is available at http://link.springer.comjournal/12024.	en_ZA
dc.subject	Angiosarcoma	en_ZA
dc.subject	Cardiac tumours	en_ZA
dc.subject	Cardiomegaly	en_ZA
dc.subject	Post mortem examination	en_ZA
dc.subject	Sudden cardiac death	en_ZA
dc.subject.other	Health sciences articles SDG-03
dc.subject.other	SDG-03: Good health and well-being
dc.title	Sudden death in an adolescent due to primary angiosarcoma of the right atrium	en_ZA
dc.type	Postprint Article	en_ZA