SUDDEN DEATH

POLYCYSTIC
KIDNEY

Etiology

Congenital

Description

The kidney is
markedly
enlarged; cut
section shows a
large number of
variable sized,
thin walled
cysts with
atrophic tissue
in between.
Renal failure
Cardiovascular
problem
CNS accidents

Cause of
death

INTRACEREBRAL
HEMORRHAGE

PONTINE
HEMORRHAGE

- Hypertension.
- Atherosclerosis

T.S showing massive

hemorrhage in internal
capsule.
Brain tissue is destroyed
with flattening of sulci
and gyri

A median
section of the
cerebral
hemispheres,
pons and
cerebellum
showing
pathological
pontine
hemorrhage
Compression of vital centers

APICAL
INFARCTION

Coronary artery
occlusion by
thrombosis,
embolism or
spasm

A heart of an
adult opened at
the left
ventricle
showing an old
apical infarct
(white, fibrous,
with fixed blood
clots)
Ruptured
infarction
Thrombo embolism

LEFT
VENTRICULAR
ANEURYSM

DISSECTING
AORTIC
ANEURYSM

- Coronary
artery
occlusion .
- Old
myocardial
infarct with
fibrosis and
distension of
scar tissue
Heart opened at
the left ventricle
showing an old
apical infarct
and aneurismal
dilation with
mural thrombi

- hypertension
- atherosclerosis

Ruptured
aneurysm
Thromboembolis
m

Hemorrhage
Circulatory
failure

Opened heart of
an adult showing
ruptured
dissecting
aneurysm of the
aorta

Heart failure
Ventricular
fibrillation

Heart failure
Ventricular
fibrillation