We report an unusual death of an apparently healthy 56-year-old male due to massive hemorrhage caused by rupture of an artery in the wall of a solitary renal cyst, possibly after a relatively minor trauma. Fatalities due to spontaneous or posttraumatic rupture of renal cysts are extremely rare but can represent a potential danger for people with acquired cystic kidney disease. Our report describes results of the forensic investigation and discusses possible mechanisms of the rupture. Copyright © 2006 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Rainio, J. K., De Giorgio, F., Carbone, A., Death from renal cyst: Spontaneous or traumatic rupture?, <<THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF FORENSIC MEDICINE AND PATHOLOGY>>, 2006; 27 (2): 193-195. [doi:10.1097/01.paf.0000220918.46766.f8] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/13136]
Death from renal cyst: Spontaneous or traumatic rupture?
Rainio, Juha Kaleva;De Giorgio, Fabio;Carbone, Angelo
2006
Abstract
We report an unusual death of an apparently healthy 56-year-old male due to massive hemorrhage caused by rupture of an artery in the wall of a solitary renal cyst, possibly after a relatively minor trauma. Fatalities due to spontaneous or posttraumatic rupture of renal cysts are extremely rare but can represent a potential danger for people with acquired cystic kidney disease. Our report describes results of the forensic investigation and discusses possible mechanisms of the rupture. Copyright © 2006 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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