An unusual case of sudden death in an alcohol addict.
The sudden and unexpected death of a 40-year-old female alcohol addict is described. At the autopsy recent rib fractures were found. The extremity of one fractured rib had caused a massive haemorrhage by erosion of a coronary artery.
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Institut de Médecine légale, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Gujer
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D000058:Accidental Falls; D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications*; D001344:Autopsy / Q000379:methods*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D012253:Rib Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*