Giulia Ottaviani, Tobia Tomasello, Francesca Boggio, Letterio Runza, Alessandro Del Gobbo, L Maximilian Buja
Left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC), involving mainly the right ventricle, is a rare form of congenital heart disorder characterized by a developmental arrest in myocardial compaction, resulting in a spongy appearance of the myocardium, mainly of the right ventricle, rarely detected in fetuses. We report the case of a female fetus with a gestational age of 41+4 weeks who came to our attention for intrapartum sudden unexpected death, resulting in stillbirth. The ventricular walls, particularly the right ventricular wall, appeared thick, hypertrabeculated and spongy, leading to the diagnosis of LVNC involving mainly the right ventricle...
March 12, 2024: Cardiovascular Pathology: the Official Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology