Myocardial Calcification: An Unusual Complication of Remote Trauma With Coidentified Amyloidosis
Zachary Alan Wilkinson,
Alison Krywanczyk
Abstract:We present the heart of a 38-year-old man with paraplegia due to a remote traumatic spinal cord injury. In the 20 years following his injury, he experienced chronic decubitus ulcers, osteomyelitis, neurogenic bladder, malnutrition, and urinary tract infections. He was admitted to the hospital with septic shock secondary to multiple decubitus ulcers and osteomyelitis and expired after a two-month hospitalization. At autopsy, there was marked replacement of left ventricle and interventricular septal myocardium b… Show more
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