title: [Spontaneous pneumothorax and tension pneumothorax as causes of sudden death (author's transl)].
abstract: Report on the pathological--anatomical findings on 4 persons, having died suddenly with a spontaneous pneumothorax. The relative frequency of cases and the clinical picture of the illness, stress the importance of this not unusual, but only by post-mortem examination verifyable, cause of death.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D013405:Suicide; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications
vernacular_title: Spontanpneumothorax und Spannungspneumothorax als plötzliche Todesursache.