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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Femoral artery pseudoaneurysm and sudden death |
Author: | Zhou, C. Langlois, N. Byard, R. |
Citation: | Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2012; 57(1):254-256 |
Publisher: | Amer Soc Testing Materials |
Issue Date: | 2012 |
ISSN: | 0022-1198 1556-4029 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Chong Zhou, Neil E. Langlois, and Roger W. Byard |
Abstract: | Pseudoaneurysm formation may be a late complication of vascular grafting. A case of sudden death in an 83-year-old woman with a previous aortobifemoral bypass graft is reported that was due to spontaneous hemorrhage from a pseudoaneurysm of the graft site that had eroded through the overlying skin and subcutaneous tissues. Pseudoaneuryms do not have to be of a particularly large size for rupture to occur. Social isolation and age-related cognitive impairment may delay treatment in older individuals resulting in a lethal outcome. The elderly are also more vulnerable to serious morbidity and death under these circumstances owing to significant underlying cardiovascular and respiratory disease and/or anticoagulant medication. Rarer conditions that may cause pseudoaneurysms include tumors and vasculidites. The possibility of an infectious contribution to the pseudoaneurysm should be considered and microbiological sampling undertaken. |
Keywords: | forensic science pseudoaneurysm hemorrhage aortobifemoral bypass sudden death |
Rights: | © 2011 American Academy of Forensic Sciences |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2011.01897.x |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1556-4029.2011.01897.x |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Pathology publications |
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