Postmortem Diagnosis of Esophageal Variceal Bleeding - A Case of Sudden Death. Shetty B. Suresh Kumar Dr.1,*, Rastogi Prateek Dr.2, Kanchan Tanuj Dr3, Palimar Vikram Dr4 1Assistant Professors, Department of Forensic Medicine. Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India 2Assistant Professors, Department of Forensic Medicine. Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India 3Assistant Professors, Department of Forensic Medicine. Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India 4Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine. Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India *(Corresponding author) Dr. B. Suresh Kumar Shetty Phone: +919886092392 Email: sureshbshetty.2009@rediffmail.com
Abstract Forensic pathologists role in the investigation of sudden unexpected deaths is vital. Most of sudden unexpected deaths in the absence of violence, accidental, suicidal or conditions of death not preceded by morbid symptoms form the subject of medico legal investigation if they occur suddenly in apparently healthy person, wherein autopsy would shed light to the exact cause of death, i.e. whether it is natural or unnatural. Here we present an uncommon case of an aged person who succumbed to sudden death due to esophageal variceal bleeding. Top Keywords Esophageal varices, sudden death, cirrhosis. Top |