Unexpected Death due to Massive Nontraumatic Intraabdominal Hemorrhage in association with Liver Cirrhosis.
- Author:
Hyoung Joong KIM
1
;
Yu Hoon KIM
;
Nak Eun CHUNG
;
Joong Seok SEO
Author Information
1. Department of Forensic Medicine, National Institute of Scientific Investigation, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
liver cirrhosis;
massive intraabdominal hemorrhage;
death
- MeSH:
Alcoholics;
Hemorrhage*;
Humans;
Liver Cirrhosis*;
Liver*
- From:Korean Journal of Legal Medicine
2007;31(1):92-94
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
We reports a woman's death caused by massive intraabdominal hemorrhage, who was in chronic alcoholic state with advanced liver cirrhosis and found dead in her room. No macroscopic source for the bleeding was found in her intraabdomen and there was no circumstances of traumatic forces to the individual's body around the death. The presenting unsuspected death could be consistent with the forensic pathological cases described as sudden, unexpected death due to massive nontraumatic intraabdominal hemorrhage in association with liver cirrhosis by DiMaio in 1987.
