Nichols G R, Davis G J, Lefkowitz J B
J Ky Med Assoc. 1989 Oct;87(10):504-5.
A case of sudden death is reported in a previously healthy 28-year-old female. No gross abnormalities of the heart or other organ systems were identified at autopsy. Routine microscopic sections of heart were unremarkable; however, sections of the cardiac conduction system revealed marked fibromuscular dysplasia of the sinoatrial node artery. The authors suggest that pathologists and clinicians index of suspicion be high when confronted with the enigma of sudden death in a patient with no apparent anatomic or toxicologic cause of death.
据报道，一名28岁既往健康的女性突然死亡。尸检未发现心脏或其他器官系统有明显异常。心脏的常规显微切片未见异常；然而，心脏传导系统切片显示窦房结动脉有明显的纤维肌性发育异常。作者建议，当面对无明显解剖学或毒理学死因的患者突然死亡这一谜团时，病理学家和临床医生应提高怀疑指数。
