BOCHDALEK HERNIA EVALUATED AS SUDDEN UNEXPECTED SUSPICIOUS DEATH: A CASE REPORT

Year 2006, Volume: 20 Issue: 1, 35 - 39, 30.04.2006

Ahmet Hilal Nursel Gamsiz Bilgin Necmi Çekin

https://izlik.org/JA47KJ74FX

Abstract

A considerable part of forensic medicine cases involve sudden unexpected suspicious deaths. In such cases, it is essential to perform a medico-legal autopsy, for the following reasons: death occurs within a very short time, it is difficult to explain the cause and the mechanism of death; external factors or a person, might be involved in the death. Sudden unexpected deaths due to adult Bochdalek hernia had been reported rarely in the medical literature. In this study a sudden unexpected death case due to adult Bochdalek hernia was presented.

Keywords

Bochdalek hernia , Forensic autopsy , Sudden unexpected death

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