[Spontaneous rupture of the urinary bladder].
The report presents the case of a 33-year-old man under the primary assumption of homicide in which the court-ordered autopsy revealed death as a result of bleeding due to a spontaneous rupture of the urinary bladder. The article gives a short summary of the pathomorphological findings and their respective causes, for example the typical location of the rupture at the posterior wall and roof of the bladder and the common concomitant drunkenness. Furthermore, obligatory forensic investigations--beside the autopsy--are mentioned and discussed.
Albrecht
Knut
K
Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover.
Günther
Detlef
D
Oelke
Matthias
M
Wilke
Nadine
N
Wagner
Corinna
C
Tröger
Hans Dieter
HD
D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000473:pathology*; D001344:Autopsy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006708:Homicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000473:pathology; D012771:Shock, Hemorrhagic / Q000473:pathology; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000473:pathology; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000473:pathology*