[Diagnostic image (316). A woman who died despite resuscitation. Pulmonary bone marrow embolism secondary to a sternum fracture].
A 75-year-old woman was unsuccessfully resuscitated. Post-mortem investigation showed pulmonary bone marrow embolism secondary to a sternum fracture probably caused by the external cardiac massage.
Kager
L M
LM
lmkager@zonnet.nl
Wegener
R P
RP
D000368:Aged; D004617:Embolism / Q000209:etiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013249:Sternum / Q000293:injuries*; D017211:Treatment Failure