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Necrotizing arteritis causing fatal massive intraperitoneal hemorrhage from a pancreatic pseudocyst
Y Ito1, A Tanegashima, K Nishi
1Department of Legal Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Japan.
International Journal of Legal Medicine
|January 1, 1994
Summary
A medicolegal autopsy revealed a fatal pancreatic pseudocyst hemorrhage. Histopathology identified severe arteritis and necrotizing inflammation in the cyst wall
Area of Science:
- Forensic Pathology
- Gastrointestinal Pathology
- Surgical Pathology
Background:
- Pancreatic pseudocysts can lead to life-threatening complications.
- Hemorrhage into the abdominal cavity is a rare but severe outcome.