Sudden and Unexpected Death Resulting from Splenic Artery Aneurysm RuptureTwo Case Reports of Pregnancy-Related Fatal Rupture of Splenic Artery Aneurysm
作者:
Donna Hunsaker,
Staci Turner,
John Hunsaker,
期刊:
The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
(OVID Available online 2002)
卷期:
Volume 23,
issue 4
页码: 338-341
ISSN:0195-7910
年代: 2002
出版商: OVID
关键词: Splenic artery;Aneurysm;Rupture;Pregnancy;Sudden death
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Rupture of a splenic artery aneurysm is a rare and usually catastrophic event, most commonly associated with pregnancy. In spite of increasingly common reliance on abdominal angiography, magnetic resonance imaging, and computerized tomography during the past quarter century, clinicians uncommonly recognize any of the various splanchnic arterial aneurysms absent premonitory signs or symptoms. Accordingly, rupture of a visceral aneurysm, including splenic artery aneurysm, typically presents as sudden, unexpected obtundation or death. As a consequence, the initial recognition and diagnosis of splenic artery aneurysm rupture take place only at autopsy. This report presents two such cases of sudden death resulting from splenic artery aneurysm in a pregnant woman and a postpartum woman, respectively.
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