Vascular Compromise as a Cause of Sudden Death in a Pediatric Patient With Widely Metastatic Testicular Germ Cell Tumor

During hospitalization for evaluation of a large testicular tumor with extensive metastatic disease, this 14-year-old boy collapsed while showering and could not be resuscitated. At autopsy, there was no evidence of thromboembolic phenomenon, a known cause of sudden death in metastatic testicular tu