title: Sudden unexpected death due to rupture of the stomach.
abstract: We report a case of sudden unexpected death due to rupture of the stomach. A 49-year-old man was found dead in a public lavatory. Autopsy findings revealed two rupture wounds measuring 14 cm and 6 cm located in the fundus of stomach at the side of the greater curvature despite of any superficial injury. The deceased had an ulcer in the lesser curvature of stomach, and dilation in this area was expected to be impaired. Under this condition, excessive over-eating resulting in over-extension of the stomach wall at the greater curvature was speculated to have caused stomach rupture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Legal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama University, 2-5-1 Shikata-Cho, Okayama City, Okayama 700-8558, Japan.
authors.forename: Takaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyaishi
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Kei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshitome
authors.forename: Sachiyo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Inagaki
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishizu
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy; D002423:Cause of Death; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000175:diagnosis; D013275:Stomach Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis*