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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Esophageal causes of sudden and unexpected death |
Author: | Byard, R. |
Citation: | Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2006; 51(2):390-395 |
Publisher: | Amer Soc Testing Materials |
Issue Date: | 2006 |
ISSN: | 0022-1198 1556-4029 |
Abstract: | Gastrointestinal conditions are uncommon causes of sudden and/or unexpected death as compared to cardiovascular diseases, motor vehicle trauma, or suicide, and may involve an array of fatal mechanisms. Lethal esophageal conditions are encountered even less often, the manifestations of which include acute upper airway occlusion from tumors or foreign material, intraluminal hemorrhage from vascular abnormalities, or perforation with fistula formation resulting in hemorrhage and sepsis. When encountered at autopsy, a particular condition may also be a manifestation of a disease that does not primarily involve the esophagus. For this reason, a detailed autopsy investigation is required for evidence of systemic or remote disease when lesions are found within the esophagus. In this report, possible life-threatening esophageal conditions are reviewed with a description of lethal mechanisms, mention of rare associated diseases, and comment on difficulties that may arise at autopsy in the evaluation of such cases. |
Keywords: | forensic science sudden unexpected death esophagus tumor varices foreign body |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2006.00068.x |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1556-4029.2006.00068.x |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 2 Pathology publications |
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