[Forensic Analysis of 6 Cases of Sudden Death due to Hyperthyroid Heart Disease].
Fa Yi Xue Za Zhi
; 33(5): 482-485, 2017 Oct.
Article
em Zh
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29275552
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To analyse the cases of sudden death due to hyperthyroid heart disease, and explore the general information of deaths and the forensic pathological characteristics to provide reference evidence for forensic identification of such cases.METHODS:
Six cases of sudden death due to hyperthyroid heart disease between 2001 and 2016 were selected from School of Forensic Medicine, China Medical University. The general information ï¼gender and ageï¼, clinical manifestations, medical history, anatomical and histopathological findings, biochemical parameters and cause of death were analysed retrospectively.RESULTS:
Most of the 6 patients had definite history of hyperthyroidism, and they all showed certain degrees of symptoms of cardiovascular disease; had obvious incentive factors of death; histopathological examination of thyroid conformed to the performances of diffuse toxic goiter; with increase of cardiac weight, dilatation of cardiac chambers, myocardial hypertrophy and focal necrosis; postmortem biochemical analyses of pericardial fluid could be used as an additional method for diagnostic of sudden death due to hyperthyroid heart disease.CONCLUSIONS:
The identification of death due to hyperthyroid heart disease should be based on the clinical history and the results of autopsy, histopathological examination, postmortem toxicology tests. The postmortem biochemical detection of thyroid and cardiac function should be performed if necessary.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Autopsia
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Doenças Cardiovasculares
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Morte Súbita
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Patologia Legal
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Hipertireoidismo
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
Zh
Revista:
Fa Yi Xue Za Zhi
Assunto da revista:
JURISPRUDENCIA
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
China