Fatal hemoperitoneum from traumatic gallbladder avulsion: an autopsy case report

Li Quan1, Bao-Li Zhu, Takaki Ishikawa

  • 1Department of Legal Medicine, Osaka City University, Graduate School of Medicine, Japan. legalmed@med.osaka-cu.ac.jp

Osaka City Medical Journal
|December 13, 2005
PubMed
Summary

This autopsy case details a rare death from gallbladder injury in a man with liver cirrhosis and alcohol abuse. Traumatic gallbladder avulsion led to fatal hemoperitoneum, highlighting predisposing factors.

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