Author/Editor | Balažic, J; Frković-Grazio, S; Jereb, B | |
Title | Cardiac death 25 years after successful treatment for Hodgkin's disease - Case report | |
Type | članek | |
Source | Forensic Science International Supplement Series | |
Vol. and No. | Letnik 1, št. 1 | |
Publication year | 2009 | |
Volume | str. 43-5 | |
Language | eng | |
Abstract | In the following case, the authors are discussing a connection between treating Hodgkin's disease in childhood and later sudden cardiac death of the patient at the age of 37. Examined expert literature describes injuries of the myocardium because of therapeutic irradiation in the childhood. | |
Descriptors | FORENSIC MEDICINE HODGKIN'S DISEASE RADIOTHERAPY MYOCARDIAL DISEASES DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC AUTOPSY |