Fatal traumatic rupture of an aortic aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva: An autopsy case

Bao Li Zhu; Li Quan; Kaori Ishida; Mari Taniguchi; Shigeki Oritani; Yasunobu Kamikodai; Masaki Q. Fujita; Hitoshi Maeda

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Fatal traumatic rupture of an aortic aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva: An autopsy case

Bao Li Zhu, Li Quan, Kaori Ishida, Mari Taniguchi, Shigeki Oritani, Yasunobu Kamikodai, Masaki Q. Fujita, Hitoshi Maeda

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This report describes an autopsy case of a rare type of aortic sinus of Valsalva aneurysm, which caused fatal rupture from a blunt chest impact. A 51-year-old male was hit in the chest with a fist, lost consciousness after about 15 min and died after approximately 7 h. The postmortem examination revealed a large saccular aneurysm of the right coronary sinus bulging on the right atrium, which had a full laceration causing pericardial hematoma (cardiac tamponade). A related chest wall injury was observed in the right outer mammary region. A rare type of bulging onto the right atrium and subsequent sclerosis of the right coronary artery appeared to have greatly contributed to the fatal rupture. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	77-80
Number of pages	4
Journal	Forensic Science International
Volume	116
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0379-0738(00)00365-0
Publication status	Published - 2001 Feb 1
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva
Forensic pathology
Traumatic rupture

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Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Law

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