ABNORMAL SHAPED HEART IN A CADAVER- A CASE REPORT

Heart is a conical hollow muscular organ situated in middle mediastinum enclosed within the pericardium. It pumps blood to various organs of the body to meet their nutritive requirements.  Here we present a case of abnormal shaped heart found in a middle aged male cadaver. The heart had an abnormal columnar shape with four surfaces. Three pulmonary veins were normally presented but fourth one was rather comparatively very small. Such a noticeable change in shape of heart can occur ante mortem or postmortem, causes for which are discussed further.