Septic myocardial calcification: A case report

We present a rare case of sepsis-related myocardial calcification.Here we report a case involving a 72-year-old white male who was admitted to a hospital for a polytrauma caused by a motorbike accident. On the 110th day of hospitalization, the patient was diagnosed with a septic process and a subsequent transesophageal echocardiogram revealed the presence of a calcification on the right atrial wall. According to the medical history of the patient there were no systemic factors predisposing to calcium crystals deposition in tissues. Patient died due to multi-organ failure in the course of multimicrobial septic shock during the 149th day. The autopsy revealed both the presence of a greenish-brown formation and a greater consistency of the right atrial wall. The histological investigation of the right atrium wall showed a wide calcification area localized at subendocardial level, which contained fibrin deposition and was surrounded by fibrotic tissue.
Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine - Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research