ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 3

Sudden Death Due to Ruptured Hydatid Cyst of the Liver
Kök, AN
Assistant Professor, Ataturk University,

Aydin, NE
Associate Professor, Ataturk University,

Yurtman, T
Specialist in Council of Forensic Medicine,

(Received 19 October 1992; accepted 16 November 1992)

Abstract

The cyst stage of Echinococcus granulosus is commonly located in the liver, which frequently results in a long symptomless period. We present a sudden death due to a freshly hemorrhagic hydatid cyst following blunt trauma to the liver in a 19-year-old boy. The possible mechanism was thought to be an anaphylactoid reaction to the leakage of the cyst fluid.

Keywords:
pathology and biology, sudden death, hydatid cyst, forensic medicine

Paper ID: JFS13498J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS13498J
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