Erschienen in:
01.12.2012 | Lessons from the Museum
Mesenteric venous thrombosis
verfasst von:
Roger W. Byard
Erschienen in:
Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology
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Ausgabe 4/2012
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Excerpt
A 78-year-old woman was referred from a peripheral hospital where she had been admitted 2 weeks previously with anorexia, abdominal discomfort, nausea and vomiting. On admission to the tertiary care center she was noted to be in congestive cardiac failure with peripheral and pulmonary edema, and bilateral pleural effusions. There were also ischemic changes on her electrocardiograph (ECG). Medical therapy was undertaken, however, she collapsed and died unexpectedly 2 days later. …