A giant mesenteric aneurysm and sudden death.
In sudden death cases, aortic or cerebral artery aneurysms are not infrequent, but a mesenteric artery branch aneurysm has not previously been reported. In the present paper, we describe a case of sudden death from the rupture of a giant mesenteric aneurysm.
Department of Forensic Medicine, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Japan.
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Umetsu
D000328:Adult; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous