Ungewöhnliche Fälle von pulmonaler Embolie

Sinicina, I.; Pankratz, H. and Schöpfer, J. (2018): Ungewöhnliche Fälle von pulmonaler Embolie. In: Rechtsmedizin, Vol. 28, No. 3: pp. 214-218

Abstract

We report on two cases of fatal non-thrombotic pulmonary embolism with bone fragments and bone cement, respectively, as well as a case of thrombotic pulmonary embolism with a 70-cm long thrombus showing signs of advanced organization. Although the clinical diagnosis of pulmonary embolism was confirmed in each case by postmortem examination, the true nature and origin of the emboli would have remained undetected without autopsy and histological examinations. Thus, the autopsy continues to be an important procedure with substantial, if largely underused potential to advance medical knowledge and improve clinical practice.

• Item Type: Journal article
• Faculties: Medicine
• Subjects: 600 Technology > 610 Medicine and health
• ISSN: 0937-9819
• Language: German