Sudden Death Due to Myxomatous Degeneration of Cardiac Valves: A Case Report

Abstract

Sudden death occurs from unnatural as well as from natural causes. Forensic pathologists usually encounter
cases of sudden death which occurred in apparently healthy individuals under suspicious circumstances. Most of
the cases have known history of a natural diseases but unfortunately in few cases, the pathology is revealed only
during autopsy. We report a case of sudden death due to mitral valve prolapse in a young boy during a scuffle
after sustaining a trivial trauma