title: Rupture of heart with all layers after a massive blunt thoracic trauma without any lesion on the bones: a case report.
abstract: Our case is a male student which was dead because of traffic accident as passenger in October, 01, 2007. His heart was found to be lacerated and ruptured horizontally from atrio-ventricular region through all layer of the wall at autopsy. There were not any changes of skeletal system. Our case is considered as a rare and interesting case because there was no lesion on the bones, though the case was exposed to so massive trauma that cause rupture of heart from all layers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine, Trabzon, Turkey. ismbir@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ismail
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Birincioğlu
authors.forename: Nurşen
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Turan
authors.forename: Muhammet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Can
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D001344:Autopsy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology