title: Acute haemorrhagic pancreatitis - A case of sudden death.
abstract: Sudden death in young individuals is relatively uncommon and acute haemorrhagic pancreatitis as a cause of sudden and unexpected death is a rare phenomenon. A case of sudden death due to acute haemorrhagic pancreatitis is reported in a young doctor who ignored the radiating pain of acute pancreatitis for gastritis, and resorted to self-medication. The condition was discovered only at autopsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Light House Hill Road, Mangalore, Karnataka 575 001, India. tanujkanchan@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: Tanuj
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanchan
authors.forename: Mahabalesh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shetty
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Nagesh
authors.forename: Urmila
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Khadilkar
authors.forename: B Suresh Kumar
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Shetty
authors.forename: Anand
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Menon
authors.forename: Ritesh G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Menezes
authors.forename: Prateek
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rastogi
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005756:Gastritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000473:pathology; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D010820:Physicians; D012651:Self Medication; D016312:Treatment Refusal