Observation of Histopathological Changes in Heroin-addicts with 20 Cases
- VernacularTitle:20例海洛因成瘾死亡者组织病理变化观察
- Author:
Lihua LI
;
Yonghe ZHAO
;
Hong YAO
;
Zhongtang FENG
;
Yunming XING
;
Runqiang YANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:
Journal of Kunming Medical University
2001;22(1):1-4
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The series postmortemautopsy examination and histopat hology research in 20 cases heroin-addicts are accomplished. Research result s show that injection marks, tattoo,skin pigmentation,emaciation and harmed-self scar usua1ly point out addiction behavior: Various chronic infective diseases of organs are complicated by heroi n addiction, and the main complicated diseases are bronchopneumonia, lung absces s,chronic hepatitis,liver cirrhosis, reactive follicular hyperplasia in lymphn ode,spleen,infective angiitis, chronic inflammation in suprarenal , thyoadennitis overflowi ng degeneration and necrosis of neurocytes etc. in 20 cases, 50% cases died of ac ute heroin poison, 40% cases died of chronic infective diseases, and l0% died from violent injury.