Sudden death caused by pulmonary fat embolism in a patient with miliary tuberculosis
Autops. Case Rep
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9(1): e2018059, Jan.-Mar. 2019. ilus
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Dans Anglais
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ABSTRACT
An 84-year-old Japanese woman with myelodysplastic syndrome was admitted with pyrexia and dyspnea, but died suddenly during diagnostic evaluation. The autopsy revealed miliary tuberculosis in addition to myelodysplastic syndrome in the bone marrow. The immediate cause of the patient's sudden death was pulmonary fat embolism derived from bone marrow necrosis. This case shows that the infiltration of the myelodysplastic bone marrow by tuberculosis and consequent bone marrow necrosis and fat embolism can be the cause of sudden death. In this article, we report the autopsy results of this unusual cause of sudden death, and discuss tuberculosis-related sudden death with a review of the literature.
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Indice:
LILAS (Amériques)
Sujet Principal:
Tuberculose
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Mort subite
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Embolie graisseuse
Limites du sujet:
Adulte très âgé
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Aged80
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Femelle
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Humains
langue:
Anglais
Texte intégral:
Autops. Case Rep
Thème du journal:
Anatomia
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Patologia Cl¡nica
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Patologia Legal
Année:
2019
Type:
Article
Pays d'affiliation:
Japon
Institution/Pays d'affiliation:
Nerima General Hospital/JP
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