title: Sudden death due to ruptured hydatid cyst of the liver.
abstract: The cyst stage of Echinococcus granulosus is commonly located in the liver, which frequently results in a long symptomless period. We present a sudden death due to a freshly hemorrhagic hydatid cyst following blunt trauma to the liver in a 19-year-old boy. The possible mechanism was thought to be an anaphylactoid reaction to the leakage of the cyst fluid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Kök
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yurtman
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Aydin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000707:Anaphylaxis / Q000209:etiology*; D003645:Death, Sudden; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous