Cardiac rupture due to fall: a case study.
- Author:
Nursel TÜRKMEN
1
;
M Sadik BILGEN
;
Bülent EREN
;
Recep FEDAKAR
;
Berna SENEL
Author Information
1. Department of Forensic Medicine, Uludag University, Council of Forensic Medicine of Turkey, Bursa Morgue Department, Bursa, Turkey.
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- MeSH:
Accidental Falls;
Child, Preschool;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Fatal Outcome;
Female;
Heart Injuries;
diagnosis;
etiology;
Heart Ventricles;
injuries;
Humans
- From:Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore
2009;38(2):156-157
- CountrySingapore
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Studies have shown that cardiac ruptures due to blunt trauma are seen more often than expected. However, epicardial injuries and atrial ruptures are common findings in deaths due to falls. Our aim is to present a unique, isolated cardiac rupture in a 2 year-old child resulting from a fall from a bed, to evaluate autopsy findings among the literature from a medico-legal point of view.
