Sudden unexpected death due to Fournier gangrene
| Autor: | Amal Mosbahi, Wael Majdoub, Frédéric Bonbled |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Forensic pathology Fulminant Multiple Organ Failure Autopsy Perineum 01 natural sciences Sudden death Pathology and Forensic Medicine Diabetes Complications 03 medical and health sciences Death Sudden 0302 clinical medicine Sepsis Medicine Humans 030216 legal & forensic medicine Fasciitis Cause of death Abdominal Muscles Aged business.industry 010401 analytical chemistry Fournier gangrene General Medicine medicine.disease 0104 chemical sciences Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Female business Fournier Gangrene |
| Zdroj: | Forensic science, medicine, and pathology. 15(1) |
| ISSN: | 1556-2891 |
| Popis: | Fournier gangrene is a rare fulminant necrotizing infection of the skin and soft tissue of the perineum that may result in rapid death. We describe the autopsy case of a 70-year-old female with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus who was found unexpectedly dead in her house where she lived with her dog. Examination of the body revelaed a deep necrotic ulceration of the perineum with exposure of the underlying deep muscles that was initially misinterpreted by police officers as post mortem animal predation. Medicolegal examination and histological and microbiological analyses eliminated this hypothesis and the diagnosis of septic multiorgan failure due to necrotizing fasciitis was retained as a cause of death. |
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