An interesting case of infant sudden death: Severe hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in Pompe's disease

Glycogen storage disease type II (Pompe's disease) is a rare inherited meta bolic disorder, which often leads to infantile death from severe cardiomyop athy. This case of sudden death illustrates the features of the cardiac fin dings in the disorder, resulting from massive lysosomal accumulation of gly cogen in the heart and other tissues. Pompe's disease should be considered in cases of unexplained infantile cardiomyopathy.