title: [Late fatality after CO poisoning].
abstract: The report involves a 57-year-old man who was released from in-patient treatment relatively free of complaints 3 days after an attempted suicide with carbon monoxide. After a trouble-free interval, however, more and more organic brain symptoms accompanied by spasms appeared. In the end, the patient died 2 months later of an intermittent fulminating terminal embolism of the pulmonary artery with a thrombosis in the veins of the lower extremities. The clinical course and the anatomicopathological findings are discussed from the pathophysiological point of view. The question of a causal relationship between the "attempted suicide and lethal outcome" had to be answered in the affirmative as regards the insurance law aspects.
authors.affiliation: Landesinstitut für gerichtliche und soziale Medizin Berlin.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Rossel
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002249:Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / Q000473:pathology*; D002423:Cause of Death; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005104:Expert Testimony / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007352:Insurance, Life / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013405:Suicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*
vernacular_title: Spät-Todesfall nach CO-Intoxikation.