id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-018486-lamfknpt Cina, Stephen J. Sports-Related Injuries and Deaths 2014-02-10 .txt text/plain 4660 261 47 Much of this chapter will focus on natural disease processes and pathologic conditions that can present as sudden death while a child or adolescent is involved in physical activity. In many cases, sudden death may be the result of physical stress superimposed upon a natural disease process or pathologic condition, often involving the heart. Anabolic steroid use can result in peliosis of the liver, psychiatric instability, cardiomyopathy, and death Fig. 26 .1 Fat and bone marrow elements may embolize from fracture sites to the lungs. Cardiac disease is the leading cause of sudden death in athletes engaged in sports and strenuous activities. It may be focal, and multiple heart sections should be examined if there is no apparent cause of death in an athlete following autopsy (Hematoxylin and Eosin, H&E Â 100) be distinguished from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, discussed above. ./cache/cord-018486-lamfknpt.txt ./txt/cord-018486-lamfknpt.txt