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J Clin Pathol
; 77(5): 297-300, 2024 Apr 18.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-38316542
Subject(s)
Death, Sudden , Middle Aged , Female , Humans , Death, Sudden/etiology , Risk Factors , Cause of Death
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N Engl J Med
; 379(15): 1464-1472, 2018 Oct 11.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30304661
Subject(s)
Facial Injuries/complications , Firearms , Pulmonary Embolism/pathology , Suicide, Attempted/prevention & control , Venous Thrombosis/pathology , Wounds, Gunshot/complications , Adult , Advanced Cardiac Life Support , Autopsy , Face/diagnostic imaging , Facial Injuries/diagnostic imaging , Fatal Outcome , Femoral Vein/pathology , Heart Arrest/etiology , Heart Arrest/therapy , Humans , Imaging, Three-Dimensional , Male , Pulmonary Artery/pathology , Pulmonary Embolism/etiology , Risk Factors , Suicide, Attempted/psychology , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Venous Thrombosis/complications , Wounds, Gunshot/prevention & control
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Am J Forensic Med Pathol
; 23(1): 48-51, 2002 Mar.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11953494
ABSTRACT
The authors report a case of sudden death in a 23-year-old woman in whom autopsy by the medical examiner revealed hypothalamic sarcoidosis. The decedent had experienced 6 months of amenorrhea and a 50-pound weight gain. She sought medical attention when she experienced headache, and after imaging and laboratory studies, she was suspected of having neurosarcoidosis. She appeared to respond well to corticosteroid therapy. However, 6 weeks after the beginning of therapy, she was found dead on the floor of her residence. Autopsy showed extensive granulomatous inflammation of the hypothalamus and adjacent structures. Previously reported cases of hypothalamic sarcoidosis are reviewed. A hypothesis for the mechanism of sudden death is presented.
