Acute haemorrhagic pancreatitis - A case of sudden death

Tanuj Kanchan; Mahabalesh Shetty; K R Nagesh; Urmila Khadilkar; B Suresh Kumar Shetty; Anand Menon; Ritesh G Menezes; Prateek Rastogi

doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2008.08.006

Acute haemorrhagic pancreatitis - A case of sudden death

J Forensic Leg Med. 2009 Feb;16(2):101-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2008.08.006. Epub 2008 Oct 2.

Authors

Tanuj Kanchan¹, Mahabalesh Shetty, K R Nagesh, Urmila Khadilkar, B Suresh Kumar Shetty, Anand Menon, Ritesh G Menezes, Prateek Rastogi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Forensic Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Light House Hill Road, Mangalore, Karnataka 575 001, India. tanujkanchan@yahoo.co.in

PMID: 19135006
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2008.08.006

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abdominal Pain / etiology
Acute Disease
Adult
Death, Sudden / etiology*
Diagnostic Errors
Gastritis / diagnosis
Gastritis / drug therapy
Hemorrhage / complications*
Humans
Kidney / pathology
Male
Pancreas / pathology
Pancreatitis / complications*
Pancreatitis / diagnosis
Physicians
Self Medication
Treatment Refusal