ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 May 2003
Page Count: 3

Exsanguination by Subclavian-esophageal Fistula Associated with a Left Subclavian Aneurysm
(Received 31 December 2002; accepted 31 December 2002)

Abstract

Aortic aneurysms are a common autopsy finding, but aneurysms confined exclusively to the subclavian arteries are rare. When found, they are typically associated with trauma, surgery, or aberrant vessel distribution. Subclavian-esophageal fistula formation is also rare, with the vast majority being related to aberrant vessel distribution or esophageal foreign bodies. Dicle et al. first reported a subclavian-esophageal fistula associated with a non-aberrant subclavian artery aneurysm in 1999 (1). The following case would mark the second report of that phenomenon, and the first in the setting of a forensic autopsy.

Keywords:
forensic science, forensic pathology, subclavian aneurysm, subclavian-esophageal fistula

Paper ID: JFS2002403
DOI: 10.1520/JFS2002403
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