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Angiogenesis in the Ischemic Rat Lung
Published on: February 8, 2013
Fatal bronchovascular fistula after lobectomy visualized through postmortem computed tomography angiography: A case
Philipp Hinderberger1, Barbara Fliss2, Michael J Thali2
1Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190/52, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland. Philipp.Hinderberger@irm.uzh.ch.
Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology
|April 13, 2017
Abstract:
False aneurysm of the pulmonary artery complicated by bronchovascular fistula formation represents a rare life threating condition. We report a case of fatal hemoptysis after formation of a bronchial fistula in the late postoperative period after sleeve lobectomy. Cause of death was determined by external postmortem examination, post mortem computed tomography (PMCT) and angiography (PMCTA) without conventional autopsy.

