ABSTRACT
We report the case of a 37-year-old mentally retarded woman who died suddenly with premortem clinical signs of diabetes insipidus. At autopsy, her pituitary was infiltrated and destroyed by a lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate, affecting the posterior pituitary more severely than the anterior pituitary. Vitreous electrolytes showed a pattern of hypertonic dehydration, compatible with diabetes insipidus.
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Death, Sudden/etiology , Diabetes Insipidus/complications , Pituitary Gland, Anterior/pathology , Adult , Female , Humans , Pituitary Diseases/complications , Pituitary Diseases/pathologyABSTRACT
Meckel's diverticulum is occasionally associated with a fibrous band, which connects the tip of the diverticulum to the mesentery. Beneath this mesodiverticular band, herniated loops of small bowel can incarcerate and infarct. The high mortality rate and the suddenness of death associated with this internal hernia make it important to the forensic pathologist.