Death Due to Low Voltage Electric Shock Induced Myocarditis
Reetu Kundu *
Department of Pathology, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India
Rajpal Singh Punia
Department of Pathology, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India
Dasari Harish
Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Low voltage electric shock resulting in myocarditis induced delayed death is a rarity and has not been reported so far, to the best of our knowledge. The definitive diagnosis is autopsy based as it has variable clinical presentations. We report such a case where in the histopathologic findings of myocarditis came as a surprise during microscopic evaluation of the autopsy sections in a case with an apparently normal heart on gross examination. The present case mandates a careful microscopic examination of autopsy sections in cases of electrocution.
Keywords: Myocarditis, electrical burn, heart, autopsy