title: [Forensic medical identification of sudden death due to tuberculosis of adrenal glands].
abstract: Two cases died of tuberculosis of adrenal glands were reported. The pathological findings are presented and their medico-legal significance was also discussed. In particular, emphasis is placed on the importance of histopathologic examination of the adrenal glands in the tuberculous subjects dying suddenly and in whom no obvious cause of death was found at necropsy.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Forensic Sciences, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai 200063, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: Z Q
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Qin
mesh_terms: D000307:Adrenal Gland Diseases / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014383:Tuberculosis, Endocrine / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology