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Rupture of an intracranial aneurysm--unusual complication of an electric shock
W Sprecher1, W Wenz, H T Haffner
1Institut für Rechtsmedizin und Verkehrsmedizin, Universität Heidelberg, Vossstr. 2, D-69115 Heidelberg, Germany.
Forensic Science International
|October 24, 2001
Abstract:
Here we report about a 35-year-old electrical engineer who was found dead in his study. Postmortem examination revealed that death resulted because of subarachnoid and intraventricular hemorrhage caused by the rupture of an intracranial aneurysm. Right hand and left cheek revealed electrical marks with metallizations on skin, an electric shock was diagnosed to have preceded death. The close temporal correlation suggests that a sudden rise in blood pressure was caused by the electric current and was thus responsible for the rupture of the aneurysm.