Sudden unexpected death due to strangulated inguinal hernia
| Autor: | Ritesh G. Menezes, Subramanian Senthilkumaran, Ramadas Naik, Y.P. Raghavendra Babu, Jagadish Rao Padubidri, Khushboo Chawla, Tanuj Kanchan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Forensic pathology medicine.medical_specialty India Hernia Inguinal Autopsy Unexpected death 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Intervention (counseling) Humans Medicine Strangulated inguinal hernia 030216 legal & forensic medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Forensic Pathology Medicolegal autopsy business.industry General Medicine Middle Aged Surgery Manner of death Ill-Housed Persons Scrotal swelling business Intestinal Obstruction |
| Zdroj: | Medico-Legal Journal. 84:101-104 |
| ISSN: | 2042-1834 0025-8172 |
| Popis: | Sudden unwitnessed, unexpected deaths when the bodies are found in public places require a complete and meticulous medicolegal autopsy to ascertain the cause and manner of death to avoid further unnecessary investigations by the legal authorities. Such deaths attributed to gastrointestinal causes at autopsy are relatively uncommon. We report a case of sudden unexpected death due to strangulated inguinal hernia in a 60-year-old man. The body was discovered in a public area near a place of worship. The present case illustrates a potentially preventable sudden unexpected death due to a surgically correctable gastrointestinal condition. In the present case, the individual feared being hospitalised for treatment of his scrotal swelling with potential surgery and the eventual loss of daily income. In our opinion, such apprehensions may have delayed the potentially life-saving hospital surgical intervention in the individual. |
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