title: An unusual case of sudden death in an alcohol addict.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Médecine légale, Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brandt-Casadevall
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Krompecher
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Gujer
mesh_terms: 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*