Acute haemorrhagic pancreatitis - A case of sudden death.
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.
Kanchan
Tanuj
T
Department of Forensic Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Light House Hill Road, Mangalore, Karnataka 575 001, India. tanujkanchan@yahoo.co.in
Shetty
Mahabalesh
M
Nagesh
K R
KR
Khadilkar
Urmila
U
Shetty
B Suresh Kumar
BS
Menon
Anand
A
Menezes
Ritesh G
RG
Rastogi
Prateek
P
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