title: Widespread myocardial and pulmonary bone marrow embolism following cardiac massage.
abstract: Widespread fatal massive bone marrow embolism of the coronary and the pulmonary arteries are described in a 71-year-old man with a respiratory disease. Cardiac massage was carried out during the cardiac arrest. In autopsy findings there were no fractures of the ribs or the sternum. The authors suggested that the cardiac massage was the most important predisposing factor for the bone marrow embolism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathological Anatomy, Medical Academy, Białystok, Poland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dziecioł
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kemona
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Górska
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barwijuk
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sulkowski
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kozielec
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baltaziak
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001853:Bone Marrow; D004617:Embolism / Q000209:etiology*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006336:Heart Massage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology*