Cor Adiposum as the Cause of Sudden Cardiac Death: A Case Report and Literature Review
CUREUS JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE(2024)
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We present a case of sudden cardiac death in a 65-year-old patient who came to the emergency room with shortness of breath. The gross examination of the heart was significant for extensive left ventricular lipomatosis in association with myocardial fibrosis. Microscopic examination revealed extensive fatty replacement of the myocardial tissue throughout the entire thickness of the ventricular wall (transmural lipomatous myocardial remodeling). We suggest using the term "cor adiposum" to categorize this morphological condition when the transmural lipomatous transformation of the myocardium is present. The fatty replacement of the heart muscle would have led to impaired cardiac function, ultimately resulting in sudden cardiac death in this patient. We also hypothesize that the accumulation of fat in the myocardium might be a compensatory process to preserve ventricular wall compliance.
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mediastinal lipomatosis,epicardial adipose tissue,cardiac sudden death,anatomical pathology,cardiology research
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