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Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation causing sudden death due to spontaneous hemothorax.
International journal of legal medicine - 1 Sept 2010
Ishikawa Takaki, Pollak Stefan, Pflugradt René, Bohnert Michael, Grosse Perdekamp Markus, Thierauf Annette, Maeda Hitoshi
Abstract excerpt
A sudden death due to hemothorax caused by spontaneous rupture of a congenital pulmonary arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is reported. A 44-year-old woman died unexpectedly with chest pain and dyspnea. The post-mortem examination revealed a massive right-sided hemothorax arising from a subpleural AVM of the upper lobe. There were multiple telangiectases in the tongue and the tonsils, as typically associated with...
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