Histological examination of the heart in a murder victim revealed florid myocarditis as an incidental finding. Subsequent examination of the heart in 27 further cases of unnatural death in young men aged 15–25 years revealed three more cases of myocarditis. In none of these four cases was the myocarditis thought to have caused or contributed to death.
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